5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) a pithy classic -- the words of the Buddha, with excellent commentary by a Sanskrit scholar

this book serves as a great, readable and inspiring introduction -- from the Dzogchen/Vajrayana tradition

excellent teachings from the Roshi of the Kanzeon Zen Center of Salt Lake City

Ken Wilber's background is Mahayana (Nagarjuna), specifically Zen, but he seems to be moving increasingly toward Tibetan Buddhism, the Dzogchen path

NOT THE BUDDHA-DHARMA! These so-called "Law of Attraction" books are actually bad for you. You CANNOT (completely) manifest your own reality, and disillusionment awaits you if you try. Vibrate on that!

AMAZON REMOVED MY 1 STAR REVIEW AFTER LESS THAN 24 HOURS) the latest from a New Age huckster posing as a scientist -- I've aded it to the list in hope of attracting some of Braden's readers to the buddha-dharma

excellent self-help dharma, but not an introductory overview -- the beginner or someone further along could learn much from Pema Chodron

one of the first books I read on the buddha-dharma, a Zen classic

one of several translations of selections from Dogen, the founder of Soto Zen

5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) selections from the Lotus Sutra, a key text for the Mahayana tradition

a good practical collection that ties together buddha-dharma with meditation techniques

H.H. the Dalai Lama has written many books -- this is an excellent commentary on a classic text by the Third Dalai Lama which summarizes Tibetan Buddhist belief and practice

A 3-part TV documentary produced by Boston's WGBH.

4 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) Gray is a misanthrope, and certainly not enlightened. However, I think there is a large grain of truth in his anti-civilization rant, certainly he is on to the magnitude of the environmental crisis. He promotes animism, and that's fine, but the buddha-dharma might work as well to LIBERATE ALL SENTIENT BEINGS!

A pithy condensation of the Stoic tradition, which parallels Buddhism in many respects.

One of Wilber's first books, and one of his best -- going beyond the grasping self is freedom, what the Buddha taught!

This is Buddhology, not aimed at the practitioner, but once you get interested in the Buddha-dharma you might find it useful for understanding the nature of Asian Buddhism -- a uniquely creative book.

A Ming-era comic novel (abridged) in which Buddhist precepts are shown to be superior to Taoism & Confucianism -- China came to adopt the Buddha-dharma as one of the Three Teachings.