In case you’re in search of good reads to start or deepen your relationship to Buddhist meditation, you’ll be able to’t go unsuitable with these 9 important picks.
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Easy methods to Meditate
A Sensible Information to Making Associates with Your Thoughts
by Pema Chödrön
(Sounds True)
Bestselling creator and Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön presents the necessities for a profitable, lifelong meditation apply, for each learners and people extra skilled.
Mindfulness in Plain English
by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
(Knowledge)
Lengthy earlier than the start of the fashionable mindfulness motion, this traditional made mindfulness accessible and put it in a Buddhist-specific perspective as a key a part of the dharma pupil’s path.
Being Peace
by Thich Nhat Hanh
(Parallax)
The good Zen instructor and founding father of Engaged Buddhism joins the interior path of peace in meditation with the outer path of peace on the earth. Uniting the 2 has by no means been extra essential.
Who Is My Self?
by Ayya Khema
(Knowledge)
The late German nun Ayya Khema makes use of one of many earliest Buddhist suttas, in addition to insights from her years of instructing, to method meditation apply by means of the lens of understanding the character of “self.”
The Coronary heart of Meditation
Discovering Innermost Consciousness
by the Dalai Lama
(Shambhala)
The Dalai Lama introduces us to Dzogchen, one of many highest meditation programs in Vajrayana Buddhism. Its purpose is discovering the true nature of your thoughts, which His Holiness calls “innermost consciousness.”
On Zen Observe: Physique, Breath, & Thoughts
by Taizan Maezumi & Bernie Glassman
(Knowledge)
Although two giants of Western Zen are credited on its cowl, this e book additionally gathers important items by Eihei Dogen, Twentieth-century Rinzai grasp Koryu Osaka Roshi, Sambokyodan founder Hakuun Yasutani Roshi, and his successor, Ko’un Yamada Roshi.
Actual Happiness
The Energy of Meditation
by Sharon Salzberg
(Workman)
Perception Meditation instructor Sharon Salzberg affords a 28-day meditation program to deepen your focus, mindfulness, loving-kindness, and compassion.
Zen Thoughts, Newbie’s Thoughts
by Shunryu Suzuki
(Shambhala)
Regardless of the title, this traditional isn’t just for Zen folks! From the way to do meditation to the way to perceive Buddhist ideas like vacancy and nirvana, this endlessly readable e book covers all of it.
Mindfulness in Motion
Making Associates with Your self By Meditation and On a regular basis Consciousness
by Chögyam Trungpa
(Shambhala)
This e book by one of many nice meditation academics of our time combines the practicality of secular mindfulness with the profundity of Buddhist teachings.