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On Having No Head: Zen and the Rediscovery of the Obvious

10 best books like On Having No Head: Zen and the Rediscovery of the Obvious (Douglas E. Harding): Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide, Free Will, Mindfulness in Plain English, The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science, How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence, The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World, Buddhism without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening, Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment, Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening, Stillness Is the Key

Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide
AuthorRichard Dawkins
ISBN1787631214
Should we believe in God? In this new book, written for a new generation, the brilliant science writer and author of The God Delusion, explains why we shouldn't.

Should we believe in God? Do we need God in order to explain the existence of the universe? Do we need God in order to be good? In twelve...
Free Will
AuthorSam Harris
ISBN1451683405
Belief in free will touches nearly everything that human beings value. It is difficult to think about law, politics, religion, public policy, intimate relationships, morality—as well as feelings of remorse or personal achievement—without first imagining that every person is the true source...
Mindfulness in Plain English
AuthorHenepola Gunaratana
ISBN0861713214
“A masterpiece.”
—Jon Kabat-Zinn

Since Mindfulness in Plain English was first published in 1994, it has become one of the bestselling — and most
influential — books in the field of mindfulness. It’s easy to see why.

Author Bhante Gunaratana, a renowned...
The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science
AuthorCuladasa (John Yates)
ISBN0990847705
Providing step-by-step guidance for every stage of the meditation path, this uniquely comprehensive guide for a Western audience combines the wisdom from the teachings of the Buddha with the latest research in cognitive psychology and neuroscience. Clear and friendly, this in-depth practice...
How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
AuthorMichael Pollan
ISBN0241294223
Could psychedelic drugs change our worldview? One of America's most admired writers takes us on a mind-altering journey to the frontiers of human consciousness

When LSD was first discovered in the 1940s, it seemed to researchers, scientists and doctors as if the world might be on the cusp...
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
AuthorDavid Deutsch
ISBN0670022756
I am not sure that another book has influenced my thinking quite as much as The Beginning of Infinity.

As I read through Deutsch's many provocative assertions, I often reacted with instinctive scorn and disbelief. But with only a few exceptions, I found myself within a few pages not only persuaded...
Buddhism without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening
AuthorStephen Batchelor
ISBN1573226564
A national bestseller and acclaimed guide to Buddhism for beginners and practitioners alike

In this simple but important volume, Stephen Batchelor reminds us that the Buddha was not a mystic who claimed privileged, esoteric knowledge of the universe, but a man who challenged us to understand...
Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
AuthorRobert Wright
ISBN1508235406
From one of America’s greatest minds, a journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditation to show how Buddhism holds the key to moral clarity and enduring happiness.

Robert Wright famously explained in The Moral Animal how evolution shaped the human brain. The mind is designed...
Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening
AuthorJoseph Goldstein
The mind contains the seeds of its own awakening--seeds that we can cultivate to bring forth the fruits of a life lived consciously. With Mindfulness, Joseph Goldstein shares the wisdom of his four decades of teaching and practice in a book that will serve as a lifelong companion for anyone committed...
Stillness Is the Key
AuthorRyan Holiday
ISBN0525538585
In The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, bestselling author Ryan Holiday made ancient wisdom wildly popular with a new generation of leaders in sports, politics, and technology. In his new book, Stillness Is the Key, Holiday draws on timeless Stoic and Buddhist philosophy to show why slowing...
Conscious
AuthorAnnaka Harris
ISBN0062906712
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"If you’ve ever wondered how you have the capacity to wonder, some fascinating insights await you in these pages.” --Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals

As concise and enlightening as Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics...
Lying
AuthorSam Harris
This book - or booklet, with its couple dozen pages - is an attempt of Sam Harris to describe and justify his personal philosophy of honesty and avoiding lies if at all possible. The author does not shy away from the classical "but what if an axe-murderer asks me about a child hiding in my house" dilemma,...
The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity
AuthorDouglas Murray
ISBN1635579988
The challenging and brilliantly-argued new book from the bestselling author of The Strange Death of Europe.

In his devastating new book The Madness of Crowds, Douglas Murray examines the twenty-first century's most divisive issues: sexuality, gender, technology and race. He reveals...
The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values
AuthorSam Harris
ISBN1439171211
Sam Harris' first book, The End of Faith, ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion. In the aftermath, Harris discovered that most people - from religious fundamentalists to non-believing scientists - agree on one point: science has nothing to say on the subject of human values. Indeed,...
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