The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
10 best books like The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (Nāgārjuna): Awakening the Buddha Within: Eight Steps to Enlightenment, The Dhammapada, What the Buddha Taught, The Way of the Bodhisattva, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon, The Words of My Perfect Teacher, The Life of Milarepa, The Lotus Sutra, Crazy Wisdom
Awakening the Buddha Within: Eight Steps to Enlightenment
| Author | Surya Das |
| ISBN | 0767901576 |
Lama Surya Das, the most highly trained American lama in the Tibetan tradition, presents the first comprehensive book of Western Buddhism for the modern-day spiritual seeker.
Buddhism offers a profound yet practical path to enlightenment. In this loving and generous book, the American-born...
| Author | Anonymous |
| ISBN | 0938077872 |
The Dhammapada (Pāli; Prakrit: धम्मपद Dhammapada; Sanskrit: धर्मपद Dharmapada) is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the Dhammapada is in the Khuddaka Nikaya,...
| Author | Walpola Rahula |
| ISBN | 0802130313 |
This indispensable volume is a lucid and faithful account of the Buddha’s teachings. For years,” says the Journal of the Buddhist Society, the newcomer to Buddhism has lacked a simple and reliable introduction to the complexities of the subject. Dr. Rahula’s What the Buddha Taught fills...
| Author | Śāntideva |
| ISBN | 1590300572 |
One of the great classics of Mahayana Buddhism, The Way of the Bodhisattva ( Bodhicharyavatara) is a guide to cultivating the mind of enlightenment, and to generating the qualities of love, compassion, generosity, and patience. Presented in the form of a personal meditation in verse, it outlines...
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
| Author | Chögyam Trungpa |
| ISBN | 1570629579 |
In this modern spiritual classic, the Tibetan meditation master Chögyam Trungpa highlights the commonest pitfall to which every aspirant on the spiritual path falls prey: what he calls spiritual materialism. The universal tendency, he shows, is to see spirituality as a process of self-improvement—the...
In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon
| Author | Bhikkhu Bodhi |
| ISBN | 0861714911 |
The works of the Buddha can feel vast, and it is sometimes difficult for even longtime students to know where to look, especially since the Buddha never explicitly defined the framework behind his teachings. Designed to provide just such a framework, In the Buddha's Words is an anthology of the Buddha's...
| Author | Patrul Rinpoche |
| ISBN | 1570624127 |
My favorite quote so far...
There is not a single being in samsara, this immense ocean of suffering, who in the course of time without beginning has never been our father or mother. When they were our parents, these beings' only thought was to raise us with the greatest possible kindness, protecting...
| Author | Tsangnyön Heruka |
| ISBN | 0140193502 |
The Life of Milarepa is the most beloved story of the Tibetan people amd one of the greatest source books for the contemplative life in all world literature. This biography, a true folk tale from a culture now in crisis, can be read on several levels: a personal and moving introduction to Tibetan Buddhism,...
| Author | Anonymous |
| ISBN | 0231081618 |
Since its appearance in China in the third century, The Lotus Sutra has been regarded as one of the most illustrious scriptures in the Mahayana Buddhist canon. The object of intense veneration among generations of Buddhists in China, Korea, Japan, and other parts of the world, it has had a profound impact...
| Author | Chögyam Trungpa |
| ISBN | 1570628947 |
Chögyam Trungpa describes "crazy wisdom" as an innocent state of mind that has the quality of early morning—fresh, sparkling, and completely awake. This fascinating book examines the life of Padmasambhava—the revered Indian teacher who brought Buddhism to Tibet—to illustrate the principle...
| Author | Hui-Neng |
| ISBN | 0877730059 |
The Diamond Sutra, composed in India in the 4th century CE, is one of the most treasured works of Buddhist literature & is the oldest existing printed book in the world. It's known as the Diamond Sutra because its teachings are said to be like diamonds that cut away all dualistic thought, releasing...
| Author | Anonymous |
| ISBN | 1593760825 |
The short text of The Heart Sutra is Buddhism in a nutshell. It has had the most profound and wide-reaching influence of any text in Buddhism. Its full title, Prajna Paramita Hrdaya Sutra, "The Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom," explains that this sutra contains the essence of the Buddha’s...
| Author | Robert A.F. Thurman |
| ISBN | 0785808728 |
An accessible introduction to this rich spiritual tradition through its own vibrant literature, much of it only recently available in the West. Here are teachings about the Buddha, subsequent Buddhas, and our Buddhist nature; prayer texts and meditation techniques; the stories of hermits and yogis;...
| Author | Anonymous |
| ISBN | 1582432562 |
Zen Buddhism is often said to be a practice of mind-to-mind transmission without reliance on texts --in fact, some great teachers forbid their students to read or write. But Buddhism has also inspired some of the greatest philosophical writings of any religion, and two such works lie at the center of...
Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), among the first to transmit Zen Buddhism from China to Japan and founder of the important Soto School, was not only a profoundly influential and provocative Zen philosopher but also one of the most stimulating figures in Japanese letters.
Kazuaki Tanahashi, collaborating...
| Author | Thich Nhat Hanh |
| ISBN | 0938077112 |
No one but Thay could make the Abhidharma technicalities and mind-bending paradoxes of emptiness of the Heart Sutra read like simple breathing while looking at clouds. The highest wisdom, prajnaparamita, in Thay's hands shows you its immediacy and practicality for everyday living. After reading...
