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ReadingList
ThisbooklistwascompiledforpeopleattendingIntroductionto
BuddhismCourses.Itisinnoparticularorderandbynomeans
exhaustive!ManyofthebooksareavailableincheapIndianeditions
publishedbyRupa,Sona,HarperCollinsIndiaandFullCirclebooks.
ManyarealsopublishedinEuropeanlanguages.
Happyreading!

Startoffwith
HisHolinessthe14thDalaiLama,TheWaytoFreedom
(HarperCollins/Indus)ThePathtoEnlightenment(SnowLion,
Ithaca/Motilal,Delhi)Twohighlyrecommendedbooks
introducingtheTibetanLamRim(GradualPathtoEnlightenment)
teachings.
KathleenMacDonald,HowtoMeditate(Wisdom,Boston)
Beautifullysimpleandclear,agoodintroductiontovarioustypesof
meditation.
ThichNhatHanh,BeingPeace(Parallax/FullCircle)Simple
toread,veryinspirationalbookonmindfulness.
SogyalRinpoche,TheTibetanBookofLivingandDying(Harper
Collins/Rupa)Beautifullywritten,thisbookishighly
recommendedforallthoseinterestedinhealingorlearningmore
aboutBuddhistideasofdeath,dyingandthemind.
DzongsarJamyangKhyentse,WhatmakesyouNOTaBuddhist
(Shambhala)Buddhismfromacontemporaryperspective.
ThubtenChodron,OpenHeart,ClearMind(SnowLion,Ithaca)
ApopularintroductorybookonTibetanBuddhismwrittenbyan
AmericanBuddhistnun.Goodsectionondealingwithemotions
suchasanger,attachmentandsoforth.
VickiMacKenzie,Reincarnation:TheBoyLama.(Wisdom/
Bloomsbury)VeryreadablestoryofLamaThubtenYeshe,his
life,deathandrebirthasayoungSpanishboy.Agoodwayto
investigatetheideaofreincarnation.
VickiMacKenzie,RebornintheWest,aboutotherTibetan
lamasrebornintheWest.
B.AlanWallace,TibetanBuddhismfromGroundUpandThe
AttentionRevolution(Wisdom,Boston)
AyyaKhema,BeingNobody,GoingNowhere(Wisdom,Boston)
MartinWilson,RebirthandtheWesternBuddhist(Wisdom,
Boston)
JohnPowers,IntroductiontoTibetanBuddhism(SnowLion,
Ithaca)
VenGunaratana,MindfulnessinPlainEnglish(Wisdom,
Boston)
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JackKornfield,APathwithHeart(Rider)

Moveonto
Basically,anythingbyHisHolinesstheDalaiLama(HHDL)is
recommended,hereareafewtitles:
TheArtofHappiness(Hodder&Stoughton/Coronet)
AwakeningtheMind,LighteningtheHeart(HarperCollins)
CommentarytoagreatMahayanathoughttransformationtext.
HealingAnger(SnowLion,Ithaca)Buddhistteachingson
patience.
TheDalaiLamaatHarvard(SnowLion,Ithaca)Talksgivenat
HarvardUniversity.
Kindness,ClarityandInsight(SnowLion,Ithaca)Another
anthologyoftalksondifferenttopics.
TheGoodHeart(Wisdom,Boston)Recordofaninterfaith
conferencebetweentheDalaiLamaandChristianmeditators
TheWorldofTibetanBuddhism(SnowLion)
FourNobleTruths(HarperCollins)
HHDLOnBuddhism&science:
TheUniverseinaSingleAtom(MorganRoad/LittleBrown)
Sleeping,Dreaming,andDying(Wisdom,Boston)
HealingEmotions(Shambala,Boston)
DestructiveEmotions(Bloomsbury)
InadditiontoDharmateachings,HisHolinessautobiography,Freedom
inExile,writtenspeciallyforWesternersisalsoextremelyreadableand
informativeabouttheTibetansituation.
TitlesbyLamaYesheandLamaZopaRinpoche
SanghataSutrawritteningoldatTushita
WisdomEnergy(Wisdom,Boston)Beautifulbook,coversthe
wholepathandparticularlygoodonthemind.
IntroductiontoTantra(Wisdom,Boston)Aclear,readable
presentationofwhattantraisandhowtouseit.
LamaZopaRinpoche
TransformingProblems(Wisdom,Boston)Teachingson
Mahayanathoughttransformation.
TheDoortoSatisfaction(Wisdom,Boston)Quintessential
instructionsfortransformingthemind.
ThichNhatHanh
TherearemanybookspublishedbyThichNhatHanh,agreatVietnamese
meditationmasterandtheyareallrecommended.Simpletoreadbut
inspirational.Sometitlesare:
TheHeartofUnderstanding(ontheHeartSutra)
PeaceisEveryStep
TheMiracleofMindfulness
TheSunMyHeart(allpublishedbyRider/Parallex/FullCircle)

OtherTeachers
ThubtenChodron,WhatColourisMyMind?(SnowLion,
Ithaca)Answersmanycommonlyaskedquestionsabout
Buddhism.
ChogyamTrungpaRinpoche,CuttingThroughSpiritual
Materialism(Shambala,Boston)Highlightsmanyofthe
commonpitfallsWesternersfallintowhentheytakeupaspiritual
path.
PemaChodron,StartWhereYouAreandWhenThingsFall
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Apart(Shambhala/ThorsonElement)Wise,heartfeltadvice
abouthowtotransformproblemsintopractice.
TenzinPalmo,ReflectionsonaMountainLake(SnowLion,
Ithaca)Clear,downtoearthexplanationsofhowtobringpractice
intodailylife.
ShunryuSuzuki,ZenMind,BeginnersMind(Weatherhill,NY)
WrittenbyagreatZenmaster,thisbookisaclassicguidetoZen
andmeditation.
JosephGoldstein,TheExperienceofInsight(Shambala,Boston)
(withJackKornfield)andSeekingtheHeartofWisdom
(Shambala)Twoclassicbooksoninsightmeditationbyrespected
Westernteachers.
GesheRabten,EchoesofVoidness(Wisdom,Boston)Three
differentapproachestoemptinessandanexcellentcommentaryto
theHeartSutraandTheEssentialNectar(Wisdom,Boston)A
classicLamRimtextandcommentary.
GesheWangyal,TheDoorofLiberation(Wisdom,Boston)
GesheNgawangDhargey,TheTibetanTraditionofMental
Development(LTWA)
GesheLobsangGyatso,TheFourNobleTruths(LTWA)
JeffreyHopkins,TheTantricDistinction(Wisdom,Boston)

Whenyoureready,try
PabongkaRinpoche,LiberationinthePalmofYourHand
(Wisdom,Boston)ThisisprobablythebestLamRimtext
availableinEnglishsofar,detailedandcomprehensive.Youcan
studyitforalifetime.
PatrulRinpoche,TheWordsofMyPerfectTeacher(Harper
Collins,India)AnexcellentLamRimtextfromtheNyingma
tradition.
Shantideva,GuidetotheBodhisattvasWayofLife(LTWA)
TheclassicexplanationoftheBodhisattvapathtoenlightenment.
ThereareseveralcommentariesavailableinEnglish,butitsquite
inspiringsimplytoreadtheverses.
JeffreyHopkins,MeditationonEmptiness(Wisdom,Boston)
WrittenbyaWesternscholar,thisisagoodbookforthosewho
wanttoknowmoreaboutthephilosophical/intellectualsideof
Buddhistthought.(SnowLion,Ithaca)
LatiRinpoche,Death,IntermediateStateandRebirthinTibetan
Buddhism&MindinTibetanBuddhism(SnowLion,Ithaca)
Tsongkhapa,HHDalaiLama,TantrainTibet(Motilal,Delhi)
DanielCozort,HighestYogaTantra(SnowLion,Ithaca)

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