 | Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits by Bill Porter
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $9.22 This is an amazing book, makes me want to go and buy a couple of acres of land, build a mud hut and grow my own food!
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 | The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain (Mandarin Chinese and English Edition) by Cold Mountain (Han Shan)
Buy new: $13.26 / Used from: $4.99 Awesome poetry to read while you relax in your mud hut! By the way Red Pine is Bill porters buddhist name.
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 | The Clouds Should Know Me By Now: Buddhist Poet Monks of China
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $6.30 More awesome poetry to read!
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 | Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death by Yoel Hoffmann
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $6.50 Japanese death haikus, great read!
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 | Quiet Mind: A Beginner's Guide to Meditation by Sharon Salzberg
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $5.09 A good mediation book for beginners that explains different types of mediation techniques. The book also comes with a audio cd copy in case you'd prefer the listen while in your car, jogging, ect...
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 | The Secrets of Chinese Meditation: Self-Cultivation by Mind Control As Taught in the Ch'An, Mahayana and Taoist Schools in China by K'Uan Lu Yu
Buy new: $15.25 / Used from: $5.00 One of my favorite books on Chinese meditation, explains a lot of techniques, may be boring for some, it's a little dry.
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 | The Taoist Classics, Volume 1: The Collected Translations of Thomas Cleary (Taoist Classics (Shambhala)) by Thomas Cleary
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $9.95 Essential Taoist reading, if you get only one Taoist book this should be the one but reading the whole series is best!!!
Thomas Cleary is an amazing translator and his books sell for at least $12 each if you get his Taoist and Buddhist collections (like this one) you'll save tons of money (but you won't care about money after you read this book).
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 | Relaxing into Your Being: The Water Method of Taoist Meditation Series, Vol. 1 by Bruce Frantzis
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $8.39 A great book on the water method of Taoist meditation (probably the only book) by Bruce Frantzis!
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 | Seven Taoist Masters: A Folk Novel of China (Shambhala Classics)
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $6.49 This is an excellent Chinese folk tale translated by Eva Wong about taoist masters!
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 | Opening the Dragon Gate: The Making of a Modern Taoist Wizard by Chen Kaiguo
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $6.38 A biography of Wang Liping, the 18th generation transmitter of Dragon Gate Taoism, excellent read.
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 | The Teachings and Practices of the Early Quanzhen Taoist Masters (Suny Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture) by Stephen Eskildsen
Buy new: $23.95 / Used from: $23.58 Ascetic Taoism, excellent read!
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 | Buddhism for Beginners by Thubten Chodron
Buy new: $7.13 / Used from: $5.65 Great beginners intro to buddhism, I really like this author!
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 | The Heart of Buddhist Meditation: Satipatthna: A Handbook of Mental Training Based on the Buddha's Way of Mindfulness by Thera Nyanaponika
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $6.50 Good Tibetan meditation book.
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 | Classics of Buddhism and Zen, Volume 1: The Collected Translations of Thomas Cleary by Thomas Cleary
Buy new: $25.60 / Used from: $12.99 Essential Buddhist reading, if you get only one Buddhist book this should be the one but reading the whole series is best!!!
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 | Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (Shambhala Library) by Shunryu Suzuki
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $7.99 One of the best books for zen buddhism!
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 | Zen Flesh, Zen Bones Classic Edition: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $10.30 Must read!!!
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 | Hooked!: Buddhist Writings on Greed, Desire, and the Urge to Consume
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $4.98 Great book on consumerism, very insightful!
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 | What Makes You Not a Buddhist by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $7.89 |
 | Footprints in the Snow: The Autobiography of a Chinese Buddhist Monk by Master Chan Sheng Yen
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $13.60 Very entertaining read!
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 | Simple Confucianism (Simple Series) by C. Alexander Simpkins
Buy used from: $0.39 An intro to confucianism.
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 | Am I a Hindu? The Hinduism Primer
Buy used from: $2.90 Good introduction to Hinduism.
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 | The Vegetable Gardener's Bible: Discover Ed's High-Yield W-O-R-D System for All North American Gardening Regions
Buy used from: $9.44 Since a lot of these philosophies/religions stress the importance of simplicity and nature I highly recommend this book. This is THE BOOK for vegetable gardening!!!
by the way I love gardening!
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 | Smith & Hawken: 100 Heirloom Tomatoes for the American Garden by Carolyn J. Male
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $9.86 I grow a lot of tomatoes, this book is amazing, must read!!!
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 | Growing Great Garlic: The Definitive Guide for Organic Gardeners and Small Farmers by Ron L. Engeland
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $10.37 A great book on growing garlic, obviously garlic goes great with tomatoes.
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 | Let it Rot!: The Gardener's Guide to Composting (Third Edition) (Storey's Down-to-Earth Guides) by Stu Campbell
Buy new: $9.32 / Used from: $5.00 Highly advisable to learn composting for your garden (free fertilizer), it's also extremely good for the environment to reuse stuff you would normally throw away!!!
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 | The Story of Tea: A Cultural History and Drinking Guide by Mary Lou Heiss
Buy new: $21.45 / Used from: $19.45 If you meditate and study any Asian philosophy/religion, I believe it's essential that you drink tea :)
This is an amazing book that will give you more information that you ever thought possible about tea, highly recommended!
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