 | Tao Te Ching, 25th-Anniversary Edition (English and Mandarin Chinese Edition) by Lao Tsu
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $6.22 simple, beautifully presented, rich in many ways, never completely graspable
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 | Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (Shambhala Library) by Shunryu Suzuki
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $8.00 simple, warm, to the point. Inspired me to just sit.
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 | The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, A Toltec Wisdom Book by Don Miguel Ruiz
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $9.68 Toltec wisdom, powerfully simple and practical. The essence of mindful living.
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 | The Tibetan Book of the Dead: First Complete Translation (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Buy new: $14.28 / Used from: $9.00 An old Tibetan classic, specialized and highly symbolic but also widely applicable for all thoughtful people
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 | The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller; Revised and Updated Edition by Sogyal Rinpoche
Buy new: $12.91 / Used from: $3.99 A modern commentary on the Tibetan Book of the Dead by a great westernized lama, accessible and practical (for a wide audience)
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 | A Treasure Trove of Scriptural Transmission (A Commentary on "The Precious Treasury of the Basic Space of Phenomena") by Longchen Rabjam
Buy used from: $147.76 Longchenpa Rabjams masterwork on the highest view of Buddhism (one of his masterful seven treasures texts), beautifully done (much less cost directly from the publisher)
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 | Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism by Chogyam Trungpa
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $3.50 Direct words of advice (a bit like a Zappa song, no one is is spared....) from a wild (controversial) yet compassionately articulate Americanized lama
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 | Words of My Perfect Teacher, Revised Edition (Sacred Literature Series) by Patrul Rinpoche
Buy new: $18.45 / Used from: $14.84 more wandering yogi teachings...of kindness and making your life meaningful (via tantric preliminary practice guide)
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 | White Lotus: An Explanation of the Seven-line Prayer to Guru Padmasambhava by Jamgon Mipham
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $12.95 A small and unassuming translation, packed with meaning on the Vajra Guru mantra.
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 | Buddhahood Without Meditation: A Visionary Account Known As Refining Apparent Phenomen by Bdud-Joms-Glin-Pa
Buy new: $16.29 / Used from: $8.97 profound, advanced and marvelous teachings
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 | Mirror of Mindfulness by Tsele Natsok Rangdrol
Buy used from: $5.99 short and simple commentary on the 4 bardos (vis-a-vis the Tibetan Book of Dead)
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 | Magic Dance by Thinley Norbu
Buy new: $13.22 / Used from: $8.58 The first I read of his, the most untraditional dharma book -poetic,unconfined-, opening me to the dance of the primal elements
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 | The Life of Shabkar: The Autobiography of a Tibetan Yogin by Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangdrol
Buy new: $25.51 / Used from: $20.23 What a realized wandering yogi full of humor and kindness did
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| Life and Teaching of Geshe Rabten by Geshe Rabten
Buy used from: $35.00 Life story of a 20th century Tibetan who became a simple monk in his 20's, and what it took to become a Geshe (Dr. of Philosophy in Tibet). Unlike many Tibetan bios this one seems free of exaggeration.
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 | The Life of Milarepa: A New Translation from the Tibetan by Anonymous
Buy used from: $10.31 The most famous of Tibet's wandering yogis, an inspiring classic tale of dedication and spiritual realization, funny and poignant. A fine condensed translation of his autobiography and selection of songs.
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 | Blazing Splendor: The Memoirs of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $18.80 Candid account of Tibet in the last century and the interesting and influential life of a wonderful modern "hidden" yogi
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 | Vajra Speech: A Commentary on The Quintessence of Spiritual Practice, The Direct Instructions of the Great Compassionate One by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
Buy new: $15.00 / Used from: $9.13 A small (compact) book of pithy quotes - from a true master. Something easy to carry and be reminded with.
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 | Essence of the Heart Sutra: The Dalai Lama's Heart of Wisdom Teachings by The Dalai Lama
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $2.98 The Heart Sutra, the key to perfect wisdom
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 | What Makes You Not a Buddhist by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
Buy used from: $6.56 in case you were wondering....(contemporary worldly wisdom)
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 | Kindness, Clarity, and Insight by Dalai Lama
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $0.34 The Dalai Lama's first American tour (1979), close to my heart as it was the first time I hear him speak publicly and realized enlightenment is possible in this life...(not just an ideal). Maybe not his best book, but still a good overview.
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 | Being Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh
Buy new: $9.86 / Used from: $7.00 A reminder....
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| The Changeless Nature by Arya Maitreya
Buy used from: $64.99 Aganga's timeless Uttaratantra Shastra (primary sutra on buddha nature). This is a non flashy book, you may want to check out the more recent "Buddha Nature: The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra w/ Commentary"
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 | The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti by Vimalakirti
Buy new: $18.85 / Used from: $5.76 A rich and popular (esp. in zen tradition) mahayana sutra, dealing with the nonduality of reality from the point of view of an enlightened layman.
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 | Circling the Sacred Mountain: A Spiritual Adventure Through the Himalayas by Robert Thurman
Buy used from: $2.89 A very personal story of pilgrimage to Mt Kailash in Tibet from two very different perspectives (stable leader/teacher and flighty follower/seeker), that ends up being poetical and magical.
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 | Up from Eden, New Edition: A Transpersonal View of Human Evolution by Ken Wilber
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $8.42 Wilbur's ground breaking presentation of Transpersonal Psychology, providing order to the chaos of psyche. Not sure how well it would read today, but it was tremendously influential to me 25 years ago.
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 | Supernatural: Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind by Graham Hancock
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $11.95 Fascinating, stimulative, synthetic study of the spiritual world via mind altering drugs (origins of human consciousness), shamanism, fairies, aliens, and DNA... This is the kind of book to shake up your concepts and watch them all fall into place.
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 | Journey To Ixtlan by Carlos Castaneda
Buy used from: $5.55 The lessons Carlos started learning once he got past his infatuation with the drugs.
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 | Journey into Nature: A Spiritual Adventure by Michael J. Roads
Buy used from: $0.01 Like the Once and Future King, the education of a seeker by Pan. Memorable stuff - simple and beautiful, maybe even true.
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 | The Gods of Eden by William Bramley
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $4.16 An alternative look at the Bible and its legacy through time, more social history than spiritual, (perhaps a bit paranoid and literal minded)but a great paradigm shifter.
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