RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Sorry that due to my background, most of these books are of the
Tibetan Gelugpa tradition; only the blue titles not from Tibetan Buddhist traditions;
the books are not in order of preference. In the Weblinks
page, you will find some of the best known publishers of Buddhist books.
INTRODUCTORY
Being Peace - Thich Nhat Hanh,
and every one of his other books
Being Nobody, Going Nowhere - Ayya Khema
Mindfulness
in Plain English - Venerable Gunaratana: the entire text free online!
A Path with Heart - Jack Kornfield
The Experience
of Insight - Joseph Goldstein
Cultivating a Daily Meditation - His
Holiness the Dalai Lama
The Art of Happiness - His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Wisdom Energy - Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche
How to Meditate -
Kathleen McDonald
Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism - John Powers
Tibetan
Buddhism from the Ground Up - Alan Wallace
The Boy Lama - Vicki Mackenzie
Reborn in the West - Vicki Mackenzie
Cutting through Spiritual Materialism
- Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Rebirth and the Western Buddhist - Martin Wilson
Tibetan Book of Living and Dying - Sogyal Rinpoche
Open Heart, Clear
Mind - Thubten Chodron INTERMEDIATE TIBETAN BUDDHISM
The World of Tibetan Buddhism - His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Healing Anger - His Holiness the Dalai Lama
The Good Heart - His Holiness
the Dalai Lama
Sleeping, Dreaming and Dying - His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Introduction to Tantra - Lama Yeshe
The Door to Satisfaction - Lama
Zopa Rinpoche
Transforming Problems - Lama Zopa Rinpoche
The Door of
Liberation - Geshe Wangyal
Pearl of Wisdom, Buddhist prayers and practices
Book 1 and 2 (ISBN 981-00-0558-X and 0559-8)
The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols
and Motifs - Robert Beer
The Tantric Distinction - Jeffrey Hopkins
The
Tibetan Tradition of Mental Development - Geshe Dhargey
The Four Noble Truths
- Geshe Lobsang Gyatso
The Harmony of Dependent Arising and Emptiness - Geshe
Lobsang Gyatso
The Foundations of Tibetan Mysticysm - Lama Anagarika Govinda
ADVANCED
Kindness, Clarity and Insight - His Holiness the Dalai
Lama
The Dalai Lama at Harvard - His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand - Pabongkha Rinpoche
Meditations on the Path to Enlightenment - Geshe Thubten Loden
Path to Enlightenment - Geshe Thubten Loden
Mind in Tibetan Buddhism - Lati Rinpoche
Death, Intermediate State and Rebirth in Tibetan Buddhism - Lati
Rinpoche
Meditation on Emptiness - Jeffrey Hopkins
Emptiness Yoga - Jeffrey Hopkins
Tantra in Tibet - His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Jeffrey Hopkins
Highest Yoga Tantra - Daniel Cozort (Snowlion 1986)
Overview of Buddhist Tantra - Panchen Sonam Drakpa
Tibetan Astro-Science, Tibetdomani,
Rome, 2001.
 Just for
fun:
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog,
it's too dark to read.
Groucho Marx
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updated: September 8, 2007
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