 | The Zen Teaching of Huang-Po: On the Transmission of Mind
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $6.21 This book is all you need as far as understanding anything about the "mind" and what happens in it.
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 | A Buddhist Bible by Dwight Goddard
Buy new: $16.32 / Used from: $2.47 I recommend in this especially the Diamond Sutra, for in here it is translated better than anywhere else I've seen. It is simply in the top three of all time greats across all cultures... please forgive any bias. Also in it is the Heart Sutra("Maha-Prajna-Paramita-Hridaya") and the Platform Sutra("Sutra Spoken by the Sixth Patriarch") by Hui-Neng.
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 | The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma: A Bilingual Edition by Bodhidharma
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $5.99 Not to be underestimated, he is the founder of Zen, and a link to non-dualism as it came from India. He will guide you rightly.
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 | Open Mind, Open Heart: The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel by Thomas Keating
Buy used from: $0.01 Simply resting above all dogma, this book is a wonderful, wise, and practical introduction to where "you" end and stillness IS.
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 | Tao Te Ching: A New English Version (Perennial Classics) by Lao Tzu
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $5.78 I only add it because if you don't have it, you must. It is essential food for reflection.
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 | Bhagavad-Gita:: The Song of God
Buy new: $6.95 / Used from: $2.49 This translation is simply the best I have come across for becoming aquianted with this living river of spiritual insight. It is authoritative but without overly interpretive, inviting you to create your own relationship with it.
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 | The Upanishads: Breath of the Eternal
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $1.62 Don't miss out on this, it is so classic and profound that of itself it deserves to be pondered. This translation and selection is stable and trustworthy, based on experience of the insights provided.
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 | The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh
Buy new: $11.20 / Used from: $6.05 This book provides a living link between intellectual understanding and experiential, and thus is indispensible. He is a very trustworthy, gentle, experienced, and authoritative writer.
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 | Ramayana/46th Edition by C. Rajagopalachari
Buy new: $19.00 / Used from: $5.91 More classic than Homer's works, and arguably more "spiritual", inspiring, and instructive. This translation cuts to the chase and yet transmits the living spirit of this Avatar. I admit it, I cried, more than once.
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 | I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta by Nisargadatta Maharaj
Buy new: $26.95 / Used from: $20.57 A wonderful look at a realized human being and how he answers people's questions, and shatters illusions.
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 | A Systematic Course in the Ancient Tantric Techniques of Yoga and Kriya by Swami Satyananda Saraswati
Buy new: $130.00 / Used from: $44.27 If you must learn yoga from a book, this book is its Bible. The writer is extremely adept at instructing, being well-balanced, authoritative, safe, and practical.
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