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Reading List: Intro to Buddhism

Here is a reading list for beginners to Buddhism, based in the convert Theravāda lineage known as Insight Meditation.

Buddhism as a spiritual & healing path

Jack Kornfield, The Wise Heart, Bringing Home the Dharma, A Path With Heart. 

Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance

Phillip Moffitt, Dancing with Life

Gil Fronsdal, The Issue at Hand

The Heart Practices: Love, Compassion, Joy, Equanimity

Sharon Salzburg, Loving-Kindness , Faith

Christina Feldman, Boundless Heart

Meditation: Working with your mind

Shaila Catherine, Focused and Fearless

Bhante Gunaratana, Mindfulness in Plain English

Larry Rosenberg, Breath by Breath

B. Alan Wallace, The Attention Revolution

Ajahn Brahm, Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond

The Buddha & Buddhism

Thich Nhat Hanh, Old Path, White Clouds

Sherab Chodzin Kohn, A Life of the Buddha

Ñāṇamoli, The Life of the Buddha

Paul Williams & Anthony Tribe, Buddhist Thought

Bhikkhu Bodhi, In the Buddha's Words

Race, Oppression, & Social Action

Larry Yang, Awakening Together

Ruth King, Mindful of Race

Angel Kyodo Williams & Lama Rod Owens, Radical Dharma

Zenju Earthlyn Manuel, The Way of Tenderness

Charles Johnson, Taming the Ox

Joanna Macy, Coming Back to Life

Sulak Sivaraksa, Conflict, Culture, Change

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