Highly Recommended: A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle
NEW recommendation:
The Joy of Living
by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
General:
Against The Stream
by Noah Levine
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Zen Living
by Gary McClain, Ph.D., and Eve Adamson, MFA
Buddhism for Dummies
by Jonathan Landaw and Stephan Bodian
Miracle of Mindfulness
by Thich Nhat Hanh
Mindfulness in Plain English
by Ven. H. Gunaratana Mahathera
Buddha Takes No Prisoners
a meditator's survival guide
by Patrick Ophuls
Theravada:
The Pali Canon, available in english at
Access to Insight, Readings in Theravada Buddhism
http://www.accesstoinsight.org
The Heart of Buddhist Meditation
by Nyanaponika Thera
Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung
Ajahn Brahm
Online reading and listening:
www.accesstoinsight.org
Access to Insight is a virtually inexhaustible resource, and it is downloadable.
www.buddhanet.net
worldwide Buddhist information and education network
www.dharmanet.org
Dharma Net International
NEW recommendation:
The Joy of Living
by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
General:
Against The Stream
by Noah Levine
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Zen Living
by Gary McClain, Ph.D., and Eve Adamson, MFA
Buddhism for Dummies
by Jonathan Landaw and Stephan Bodian
Miracle of Mindfulness
by Thich Nhat Hanh
Mindfulness in Plain English
by Ven. H. Gunaratana Mahathera
Buddha Takes No Prisoners
a meditator's survival guide
by Patrick Ophuls
Theravada:
The Pali Canon, available in english at
Access to Insight, Readings in Theravada Buddhism
http://www.accesstoinsight.org
The Heart of Buddhist Meditation
by Nyanaponika Thera
Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung
Ajahn Brahm
Online reading and listening:
www.accesstoinsight.org
Access to Insight is a virtually inexhaustible resource, and it is downloadable.
www.buddhanet.net
worldwide Buddhist information and education network
www.dharmanet.org
Dharma Net International
More about Zen:
Hoofprint of the OX
by Master Shen-Yen
with Dan Stevenson
The Roaring Stream, a New Zen Reader
edited by Nelson Foster and Jack Shoemaker
Bankei Zen
by Peter Haskel
Wellbeing:
Working With Anger
by Thubten Chodron
Awakening Loving-Kindness
by Pema Chodron
The Places That Scare You
a guide to fearlessness in dificult times
by Pema Chodron
Being Nobody, Going Nowhere
by Ayya Kema
In Agreement and delightful:
The Great Silent
Grandmother Gathering
by Sharon Mehdi
The Fresco
by Sheri Tepper
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/outsources/audio.html
for talks by the monks at Abhaygiri Monastery and Aruna Ratanagiri Buddhist Monastery and Metta Forest Monastery
and try:
www.kalyanamitta.net
especially for audio recordings of teachings
by Ayya Khema
also exceptional:
http://www.ibmc.info/
The International Buddhist Meditation Center
Hoofprint of the OX
by Master Shen-Yen
with Dan Stevenson
The Roaring Stream, a New Zen Reader
edited by Nelson Foster and Jack Shoemaker
Bankei Zen
by Peter Haskel
Wellbeing:
Working With Anger
by Thubten Chodron
Awakening Loving-Kindness
by Pema Chodron
The Places That Scare You
a guide to fearlessness in dificult times
by Pema Chodron
Being Nobody, Going Nowhere
by Ayya Kema
In Agreement and delightful:
The Great Silent
Grandmother Gathering
by Sharon Mehdi
The Fresco
by Sheri Tepper
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/outsources/audio.html
for talks by the monks at Abhaygiri Monastery and Aruna Ratanagiri Buddhist Monastery and Metta Forest Monastery
and try:
www.kalyanamitta.net
especially for audio recordings of teachings
by Ayya Khema
also exceptional:
http://www.ibmc.info/
The International Buddhist Meditation Center
Recommended Reading and links to Online Resources: