 | Mindfulness in Plain English by Henepola Gunaratana
Buy used from: $3.70 Step by step meditation manual, easy to understand. This is the book to get if you want to meditate without a teacher.
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 | Being Nobody, Going Nowhere: Meditations on the Buddhist Path by Ayya Khema
Buy used from: $2.94 I love all the books by Ven. Ayya Khema. This is the one to start with.
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 | A Still Forest Pool: The Insight Meditation of Achaan Chah (Quest Book) by J. Kornfield
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $0.18 The simplicity of Dhamma The wisdom gain from a life time meditation - Let it be
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 | Saffron Days in L.A.: Tales of a Buddhist Monk in America by Bhante Walpola Piyananda
Buy new: $13.46 / Used from: $5.45 How do we deal with daily life with serenity, equanimity, loving-kindness and compassion ? Ask Ven. Piyananda
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 | Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation (Shambhala Classics) by Joseph Goldstein
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $6.24 For more advance understanding of Insight meditation.
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 | The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Digha Nikaya (Teachings of the Buddha) by Maurice Walshe
Buy new: $29.70 / Used from: $28.96 Learn directly from the Buddha himself. The Pali Canon is the bible of Theravada, except you are allowed to question everything.
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 | The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya (Teachings of the Buddha) by Bhikkhu Nanamoli
Buy new: $40.95 / Used from: $34.15 More Pali Canon scripture study. Study the Long, Middle length and Connected Discourses, let them be the guidelines of everything you learned about Buddhism.
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 | Who is My Self?: A Guide to Buddhist Meditation by Ayya Khema
Buy new: $11.21 / Used from: $3.41 Learn meditation from the Pali Canon discourse. Ven. Ayya Khema explained the discourse in plain English.
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 | When the Iron Eagle Flies: Buddhism for the West by Ayya Khema
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $6.88 What can I say ? It's written by Ven. Ayya Khema.
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 | I Give You My Life by Ayya Khema
Buy new: $17.60 / Used from: $3.59 Wonderful reading, the life of the first western nun ordained in Sri Lanka.
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 | The Illustrated Guide To Snowboarding by Kevin Ryan
Buy new: $15.25 / Used from: $0.52 You should have fun somtimes too, you know ?
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 | The Doctrine of Awakening: The Attainment of Self-Mastery According to the Earliest Buddhist Texts by Julius Evola
Buy new: $13.56 / Used from: $8.77 This is a classic scholar study of Buddhism. This is for the mad scientist interested in Dhamma.
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 | The Connected Discourses of the Buddha by Bhikkhu Bodhi
Start the Pali Canon with this book. It's expensive, but it's worth the money.
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 | Swallowing the River Ganges : A Practice Guide to the Path of Purification by Matthew Flickstein
Buy used from: $12.31 Let this book be the introduction to your study of Visuddhimagga
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 | Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Buddha's Path by Henepola Gunaratana
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $7.96 My to-buy list. will update
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 | Being Dharma: The Essence of the Buddha's Teachings by Ajahn Chah
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $5.79 This is a wonderful book. This simple forest monk was extraordinary..
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 | Living Dharma by Jack Kornfield
Buy new: $18.94 / Used from: $3.96 This book give you the teaching of 12 different meditation techniques in the Theravada tradition. Pick one.
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 | The Mind and the Way: Buddhist Reflections on Life by Ajahn Sumedho
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $4.95 By Ajaan Chah's western disciple.
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 | Heartwood of the Bodhi Tree: The Buddha's Teaching on Voidness by Bhikkhu Buddhadasa
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $6.85 By the famous Theravada Buddhism revolutionist from Thailand.
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 | Abhidhamma Studies: Buddhist Explorations of Consciousness and Time by Nyanaponika Thera
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $8.49 In depth study of Buddhist physchology
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 | The Heart of Buddhist Meditation: Satipatthna : A Handbook of Mental Training Based on the Buddha's Way of Mindfulness, With an Anthology of Relevant Texts Translated from the Pali and by Nyanaponika
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 | Be An Island: The Buddhist Practice of Inner Peace by Ayya Khema
Buy new: $14.65 / Used from: $7.43 Take refuge in Dhamma and unto yourself, learn to be an Island
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 | What the Buddha Taught: Revised and Expanded Edition with Texts from Suttas and Dhammapada by Walpola Rahula
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $2.03 Great introduction to Buddhism.
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 | The Path of Purification (Vipassana Meditation and the Buddha's Teachings) by Bhadantacariya Buddhaghosa
Buy new: $29.16 / Used from: $27.94 One of the most important classic text in modern (5th century A.D.) Theravada Buddhism.
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 | The Life of the Buddha : According to the Pali Canon by Bhikkhu Nanamoli
Buy new: $14.28 / Used from: $11.91 Biography of The Buddha based on the Pali Canon
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 | Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away: Teachings on Impermanence and the End of Suffering by Ajahn Chah
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $7.03 This is a new book based on Ajahn Chah's teaching. Great as always to learn about the venerable's everyday life.
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