Favourite dharma books?
2007 December 13
Name your 5 favourite dharma books…
Tell me yours then I’ll tell you mine
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Name your 5 favourite dharma books…
Tell me yours then I’ll tell you mine
Comments are closed.
I’m not sure that I have five favorite dharma books, but I’ll tell you the five that I think have inspired me the most (listed in the order in which I first read them):
1) Start Where You Are (Pema Chodron)
2) Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior* (VCTR)
3) The Heart of the Buddha’s Teachings (Thich Nhat Hanh)
4) Sacred World (Jeremy Hayward)
5) Buddha in the Palm of Your Hand (Osel Tendzin)
*I think that’s it’s probably too difficult for me to really remember which kernels of wisdom appear in which VCTR book. Ultimately, it was one of the passages about the five buddha families (probably the one in The Lion’s Roar) that helped me best appreciate myself for who I am.
Not that I do yet, but you know what I mean.
the girl
Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Gunaratana.
Encouraging Words by Robert Aitken.
One City by Ethan Nichtern.
Pure Heart, Enlightened Mind, by Maura O’Halloran.
Breath by Breath by Larry Rosenberg.
so far my faves are:
Dharma Punx & Against The Stream by Noah Levine (counts as two, hehe)
Miracle Of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh
Ditto with Rod as far as One City by Ethan Nichtern (a bit wordy at times, but full of fresh ideas and teachings)
Who Ordered This Truckload Of Dung by Ajahn Brahm
so when are you gonna tell us yours?