Resources: Resource Books & Recommended Reading
The following books are recommended by Nancy and the Sangha:
General
- Mindfulness Bliss and Beyond, A Meditator's Handbook, Ajahn Brahm
- Taking the Leap, Pema Chodron
- No Time to Lose: A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, Pema Chodron
- Wake Up to Your Life, Ken Mcleod
- Dakini's Warm Breath, Judith Simmer-Brown
- Women of the Way, Sallie Tisdale
- Zen in America, Helen Tworkov
- Graceful Exits: How Great Beings Die (Death Stories of Hindu, Tibetan Buddhist, and Zen masters), compiled and edited by Sushila Blackman
Dharma Books
- Entering the Stream : An Introduction to the Buddha and His Teachings, Samuel Bercholz (Editor), Sherab Chodzin Kohn (Editor), Bernardo Bertolucci (1994). Shambhala Publications
- The Noble Eightfold Path, Bhikkhu Bodhi (1994). Seattle: Buddhist Publication Society
- Awakening the Buddha Within, Lama Surya Das (1997). New York: Broadway Books
- A Buddhist Bible, Dwight Goddard (1994). Boston: Beacon Press
- Meetings with Remarkable Women: Buddhist Teachers in America, Lenore Friedman (1987). Boston: Shambala
- Ask the Awakened, Terence Gray (1973). Boston: Little, Brown and Company
- Buddhism Plain & Simple, Steve Hagen (1997). New York: Broadway Books
- The Word of the Buddha, Nyanatiloka (1971). Kandy, Ceylon; Buddhist Publication Society
- The Tibetan Book of the Dead, Padma Sambhava, Robert A. Thurman (Translator) (1994). New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell
- The Dawn of the Dhamma, Bhikku Sucitto (1995). Thailand: Buddhadharma Foundation
- The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, Sogyal Rinpoche (1994). New York: Harper Collins
- Any books by: Jiyu Kennett, Pema Chodron, Robert Aitken, Trungpa Rinpoche, Thich Nhat Hanh
Buddhist Book Resources
Personal Inquiry Books that Facilitate One's Mindfulness Practice:
- The Key: And the Name of the Key is Willingness, A Center for the Practice of Zen Buddhist Meditation (1984). Mt. View, CA: Keep It Simple
- The Four-Fold Way, Angeles Arrien (1993). New York: HarperCollins Publisher
- What We May Be, Louis Ferrucci (1982). New York: St. Martin's Press
- Keeping the Love You Find, Harville Hendrix (1992). New York: Pocket Books
- The HOW Workbook, Cheri Huber (1990). Mt. View, CA: Keep It Simple
- There Is Nothing Wrong With You, Cheri Huber (1993). Mt. View, CA: Keep It Simple
- The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram, Sandra Maitri (2000). New York: Tarcher/Putnam
- The Wisdom of the Enneagram, Don Riso and Russ Hudson (1999). New York: Bantam Books
- Back to Basics: An Awareness Primer, Nancy Spence (1995). Bryson City, NC: InnerVision
- Excess Baggage Judith Sills (1993). New York: Penguin Books
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