Suggested Reading & Listening List
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Titles by or about IMS Teachers
(by author, in alphabetical order,
books are listed in reverse chronological order)
Sylvia Boorstein
That’s Funny, You Don’t Look Buddhist
It’s Easier Than You Think
Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There
Pay Attention for Goodness Sake
Happiness Is an Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful Life
Sandy Boucher
Dancing in the Dharma: The Life and Teachings of Ruth Denison
Tara Brach
Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha
Christina Feldman
Woman Awake
The Quest of the Warrior Woman
Soul Food (Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart) (with Jack Kornfield)
Principles of Meditation
The Buddhist Path to Simplicity
Silence
Heart of Wisdom, Mind of Calm
Compassion
The Way of Meditation
Joseph Goldstein
A Heart Full of Peace
Abiding in Mindfulness, Volume I: The Body (audio)
Abiding in Mindfulness, Volume II: On Feeling, the Mind & Dhamma (audio)
Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom
Seeking the Heart of Wisdom (with Jack Kornfield)
The Experience of Insight
One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism
Insight Meditation Correspondence Course (audio, with Sharon Salzberg)
Insight Meditation: A Step-by-Step Course on How to Meditate (audio, with Sharon Salzberg)
Bhante Gunaratana
Beyond Mindfulness in Plain English
Mindfulness in Plain English
Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness
Journey to Mindfulness: The Autobiography of Bhante G.
Jack Kornfield
A Wise Heart
A Path with Heart
Living Dharma
After the Ecstasy, the Laundry
The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace
Seeking the Heart of Wisdom (with Joseph Goldstein)
A Still Forest Pool (with Paul Breiter, ed.)
Soul Food (Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart) (with Christina Feldman)
Teachings of the Buddha (ed. with Gil Fronsdal)
Buddha’s Little Instruction Book
Sayadaw U Pandita
In This Very Life: The Liberation Teachings of the Buddha
The State of Mind Called Beautiful
Larry Rosenberg
Breath by Breath
Living in the Light of Death
Sharon Salzberg
The Kindness Handbook: A Practical Companion
Unplug: An Interactive Kit
Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness
A Heart as Wide as the World
Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience
The Force of Kindness
Voices of Insight (ed.)
Insight Meditation Correspondence Course (audio, with Joseph Goldstein)
Insight Meditation: A Step-by-Step Course on How to Meditate (audio, with Joseph Goldstein)
Real Happiness
Amy Schmidt
Dipa Ma: The Life and Legacy of a Buddhist Master
Rodney Smith
Lessons From the Dying
Stepping Out Of Self-Deception
Titles by Topic
(alphabetized by title, within each topic)
Insight and Lovingkindness Meditation Guidance
The Experience of Insight
Joseph Goldstein
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness
U Silananda
The Heart of Buddhist Meditation
Nyanaponika Thera
In This Very Life: The Liberation Teachings of the Buddha
Sayadaw U Pandita
Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness
Sharon Salzberg
Mindfulness in Plain English
Bhante Gunaratana
The Buddhist Tradition
The Buddhist Religion
Robinson & Johnson
The Foundations of Buddhism
Rupert Gethin
The Heart of the Buddha’s Teachings
Thich Nhat Hanh
The Story of Buddhism
Donald Lopez
Theravada Buddhism
Being Dharma: The Essence of the Buddha’s Teachings
Ajahn Chah
Being Nobody, Going Nowhere
Ayya Khema
The Buddha and His Teaching
Narada Thera
A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma
Bhikkhu Bodhi, ed.
Heartwood of the Bodhi Tree
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
The Noble Eightfold Path
Bhikkhu Bodhi
The Path of Purification (Visuddhi Magga)
Bhikkhu Nanamoli, tr.
The Path to Deliverance
Nyanatiloka
Theravada Buddhism
Richard Gombrich
The Vision of Dhamma
Nyanaponika Thera
What the Buddha Taught
Walpola Rahula
Wheel of Dhamma
Mahasi Sayadaw
Wings to Awakening
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Suttas: The Discourses of the Buddha (Commentaries)
Anguttara Nikaya: An Anthology
Nyanaponika Thera, tr.
The Connected Discourses of the Buddha: A New Translation of the Samyutta Nikaya
Bhikkhu Bodhi
The Dhammapada
Ananda Maitreya
The Dhammapada
Narada Thera, tr.
The Dhammapada
Gil Fronsdal, tr.
The Dhammapada
Thanissaro Bhikkhu, tr.
Handful of Leaves
Thanissaro Bhikkhu, tr.
In the Buddha’s Words: An Anthology of Discourses form the Pali Canon
Bhikkhu Bodhi, ed.
The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Digha Nikaya
Maurice Walshe
The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A New Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya
Bhikkhu Nanamoli & Bhikkhu Bodhi
Sellekha Sutta (& commentary)
Mahasi Sayadaw
Splendor of Enlightenment: A Life of the Buddha, 2 vols.
Phra Khantipalo
The Sutta Nipata
H. Saddhatissa, tr.
Word of the Buddha
Nyanatiloka
Treasury of the Buddha’s Words, 3 vols.
Ven. Nyanamoli, tr., Phra Khantipalo, ed.
Buddhism in the West
The Awakening of the West
Stephen Batchelor
Buddhism in America
Richard Hughes Seager
How the Swans Came to the Lake
Rick Fields
Other Books on Mindfulness
Full Catastrophe Living
Jon Kabat-Zinn
A Gradual Awakening
Stephen Levine
Wherever You Go, There You Are
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Buddhist Books for Children
The Buddha’s Question
William Woodin Rowe
Each Breath A Smile
Thich Nhat Hanh
The Jataka Tales Series
Dharma Publishing
Moody Cow Meditates
Kerry Lee MacLean
The Mountains of Tibet
Mordicai Gerstein
Peaceful Piggy Meditation
Kerry Lee MacLean
Prince Siddhartha
Jonathan Landaw
A Treasury of Wise Action: Jataka Tales of Compassion & Wisdom
Yeshe De Project
Buddhist Books on Parenting
Baby Buddhas
Lisa Desmond
Buddhism for Mothers
Sarah Napthali
Dharma Family Treasures
Sandy Eastoak, ed.
Everyday Blessings
Myla & Jon Kabat-Zinn
The Family Meditation Book
Kerry Lee MacLean
Karma Kids
Greg Holden
Momfulness
Denise Roy
Teaching Meditation to Children
Fontana & Slack
Buddhist Books for Youth/Teens
Blue Jean Buddha: Voices of Young Buddhists
Sumi Loundon, ed.
Buddha in Your Backpack
Franz Metcalf
The Buddha's Apprentices
Sumi Loundon
Dharma Punx
Noah Levine
Just Say Om
Soren Gordhamer
Pure Heart, Enlightened Mind
Maura O’Halloran
Wide Awake: A Buddhist Guide for Teens
Diana Winston
People of Color and Buddhism
Dharma, Color, and Culture
Hilda Gutierrez Baldoquin, ed.
Dreaming Me
Janice Willis
Meeting Faith
Faith Adiele
Socially Engaged Buddhism
Buddhist Peacework
David Chappell, ed.
Dharma Rain
Kenneth Kraft & Stephanie Kaza, eds.
Engaged Buddhism in the West
Chris Queen, ed.
Peace is Every Step
Thich Nhat Hanh
Women and Buddhism
Buddhism After Patriarchy
Rita Gross
The First Buddhist Women
Susan Murcott, tr.
Meeting the Great Bliss Queen
Anne C. Klein
Women’s Buddhism, Buddhism’s Women
Ellison Findly, ed.
Interfaith
The Good Heart
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
The Jew in the Lotus
Rodger Kamenetz
Living Buddha, Living Christ
Thich Nhat Hanh
Mind in the Balance: Meditation in Science, Buddhism and Christianity
B. Alan Wallace
Buddhism and Psychology
Buddhist Practice on Western Ground: Reconciling Eastern Ideals & Western Psychology
Harvey Aronson
The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions
Christopher Germer
Mindfulness and Psychotherapy
Christopher Germer, Ronald Siegel and Paul Fulton (eds)
The Principles of Buddhist Psychology
David Kalupahana
Thoughts Without a Thinker
Mark Epstein
Mindfulness-Based Practices and Programs in Medicine, Psychology, Neuroscience and Society
Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Contemplative Science: Where Buddhism & Neuroscience Converge
B. Alan Wallace
Destructive Emotions
Daniel Goleman
Heal Thy Self: Lessons on Mindfulness in Medicine
Saki Santorelli
Healing Emotions
Daniel Goleman The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret & Science of Happiness
Mingyur Rinpoche
The Mindful Brain
Daniel J. Siegel
The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Freeing Yourself From Destructive Thoughts and Emotions
Christopher Germer
The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself From Chronic Unhappiness
Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, and Jon Kabat-Zinn
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression
Zindel Segal, Mark Williams, and John Teasdale
Mindfulness and Psychotherapy
Christopher Germer, Ronald Siegel, and Paul Fulton (eds.)
Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves
Sharon Begley Other Widely-Read Dharma Books
The Art of Happiness
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Buddhism Without Beliefs
Stephen Batchelor
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
Chogyam Trungpa
Ethics for the New Millenium
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Great Disciples of the Buddha
Nyanaponika Thera & Hellmuth Hecker
The Meditative Mind
Daniel Goleman
The Miracle of Mindfulness
Thich Nhat Hanh
One Robe, One Bowl
Ryokan (Stevens, tr.)
Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
Sogyal Rinpoche
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind
Suzuki Roshi
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