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First Readings

  • Breath by Breath: The Liberating Practice of Insight Meditation by Larry Rosenberg
  • The Magnanimous Heart: Compassion and Love, Loss and Grief, Joy and Liberation by Narayan Helen Liebenson
  • What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula
  • Seeking the Heart of Wisdom by Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield
  • Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Gunaratana
  • The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thích Nhất Hạnh
  • Loving Kindness by Sharon Salzberg
  • A Still Forest Pool by Ajahn Chah
  • Boundless Heart by Christina Feldman
  • The Four Noble Truths by Ajahn Sumedho
  • Mindfulness by Joseph Goldstein

Further Readings

  • Three Steps to Awakening by Larry Rosenberg
  • Living in the Light of Death by Larry Rosenberg
  • The Noble Eightfold Path by Bhikkhu Bodhi
  • In the Buddha’s Words by Bhikkhu Bodhi
  • Heartwood of the Bodhi Tree by Ajahn Buddhadasa
  • Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness by Bhante Gunaratana
  • A Path with Heart by Jack Kornfield
  • The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi
  • Food for the Heart by Ajahn Chah
  • Old Path, White Clouds by Thich Nhat Hanh
  • Stepping out of Self-Deception by Rodney Smith
  • The Mind and the Way by Ajahn Sumedho
  • Don’t Take Your Life Personally by Ajahn Sumedho
  • When Awareness Becomes Natural by Sayadaw U Tejaniya
  • Mindfully Facing Disease and Death by Bhikkhu Anālayo
  • The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching by Thích Nhất Hạnh
  • Pure & Simple by Upasika Kee Nanayon

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