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10 best books like One City: A Declaration of Interdependence (Ethan Nichtern): Hooked!: Buddhist Writings on Greed, Desire, and the Urge to Consume, Going on Being: Buddhism and the Way of Change, Ruling Your World: Ancient Strategies For Modern Life, At Home in the Muddy Water: A Guide to Finding Peace Within Everyday Chaos, Secret of the Vajra World: The Tantric Buddhism of Tibet, Becoming Your Own Therapist, Mindfulness with Breathing: A Manual for Serious Beginners, The Heart Is Noble: Changing the World from the Inside Out, Essential Buddhism: A Complete Guide to Beliefs and Practices, Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace

Hooked!: Buddhist Writings on Greed, Desire, and the Urge to Consume
AuthorStephanie Kaza
ISBN1590301722
At one time or another, most of us have experienced an all-consuming desire for a material object, a desire so strong that it seems like we couldn't possibly be happy without buying this thing. Yet, when we give in to this impulse, we often find ourselves feeling frustrated and empty. Advertisers, of...
Going on Being: Buddhism and the Way of Change
AuthorMark Epstein
ISBN0767904613
The bestselling author of "Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart" combines a memoir of his own journey as a student of Buddhism and psychology with a powerful message about how cultivating true self-awareness and adopting a Buddhist understanding of change can free the mind.
Before Mark Epstein...
Ruling Your World: Ancient Strategies For Modern Life
AuthorSakyong Mipham
ISBN0767920805
You’re stuck in the airport security line, late for a flight. The line isn’t moving. You’re angry at the security personnel for taking so long, you’re irritated at the other passengers for having so much stuff, you’re mad at your boss for sending you on this trip in the first place. By the time...
At Home in the Muddy Water: A Guide to Finding Peace Within Everyday Chaos
AuthorEzra Bayda
ISBN1590301684
May we exist like a lotus, / At home in the muddy water. / Thus we bow to life as it is.



This verse is an important reminder, says Ezra Bayda, of what the spiritual life is truly about: the willingness to open ourselves to whatever life presents—no matter how messy or complicated. And...
Secret of the Vajra World: The Tantric Buddhism of Tibet
AuthorReginald A. Ray
This book provides an entrée into the Tantric (or Vajrayana) Buddhism of Tibet, as conveyed by Tibetan masters teaching in the West, and as received by their Western students. The Tantric tradition is a unique collection of lesser-known texts, concepts, and meditation practices that are usually...
Becoming Your Own Therapist
AuthorThubten Yeshe
ISBN2911582373
It was a collection of public speeches and conversations Lama Thubten Yeshe made in the past, they were pretty much all about how everything is dependent on our internal minds, rather than the exterior world. How our happiness, tranquility, satisfaction is all dependent on internal well-being and...
Mindfulness with Breathing: A Manual for Serious Beginners
AuthorBuddhadasa Bhikkhu
ISBN0861711114
Any practitioner, after meditating for some time, inevitably wonders what meditation method the historical Buddha Shakyamuni himself used while beneath the Bodhi Tree. Many people understand that prior to his realization, Shakyamuni Buddha studied with many of the great yogis of his time, but...
The Heart Is Noble: Changing the World from the Inside Out
AuthorOgyen Trinley Dorje
ISBN1611800013
If you are inspired to take up his challenge, the Karmapa offers a path for participating in a global community that is based on compassion. In these chapters, he shares his vision for bringing social action into daily life, on a scale we can realistically manage through the choices we make every day—what...
Essential Buddhism: A Complete Guide to Beliefs and Practices
AuthorJack Maguire
ISBN0671041886
Four hundred million people call themselves Buddhists today. Yet most Westerners know little about this powerful, Eastern-spawned faith. How did it begin? What do its adherents believe? Why are so many Westerners drawn to it?
Essential Buddhism responds to these questions and many more, offering...
Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace
AuthorAngel Kyodo Williams
ISBN0140196307
"Honest, courageous... Williams has committed an act of love."--Alice Walker

"A classic."--Jack Kornfield

There truly is an art to being here in this world, and like any art, it can be mastered.

In this elegant, practical book, Angel Kyodo Williams combines the universal...
A Practical Guide to Buddhist Meditation
AuthorParamananda
ISBN0760721793
OK, there's no way I can go into everything I learned from this book... Actually, it's all very simple, really, and he makes that point over and over. Simple, yet profound. Meditation has never made much sense to me before. Seriously, I never quite understood what was supposed to happen during it, and...
If the Buddha Married: Creating Enduring Relationships on a Spiritual Path
AuthorCharlotte Kasl
ISBN0140196226
If the Buddha Married is filled with the same highly practical, spiritually sound guidance that so clearly touched a chord with readers of If the Buddha Dated. Charlotte Kasl, Ph.D., is renowned for her ability to speak with depth, wisdom, and humor on important matters of the heart.

In this...
Smile at Fear: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery
AuthorChögyam Trungpa
ISBN1590306961
Many of us, without even realizing it, are dominated by fear. We might be aware of some of our fears—perhaps we are afraid of public speaking, financial hardship, or losing a loved one. But in this book meditation master Chögyam Trungpa shows us that most of us suffer from a far more pervasive form of...
Wide Awake: Buddhism for the New Generation
AuthorDiana Winston
ISBN0399528970
Many of today's teenagers are tired of the pressure to compete and consume-and are looking for a different way to live their lives. This book offers an alternative: the 2,500-year old practice of Buddhism.Written in a style that will have immediate appeal to young "seekers" and those wanting to understand...
There Is No God and He Is Always with You: A Search for God in Odd Places
AuthorBrad Warner
ISBN1608681831
Can you be an atheist and still believe in God?
Can you be a true believer and still doubt?
Can Zen give us a way past our constant fighting about God?

Brad Warner was initially interested in Buddhism because he wanted to find God, but Buddhism is usually thought of as godless. In the three...
The Heart of the Revolution: The Buddha's Radical Teachings on Forgiveness, Compassion, and Kindness
AuthorNoah Levine
ISBN0061711241
“The Buddha’s teachings are not a philosophy or a religion; they are a call to action and invitation to revolution.”

Noah Levine, author of the national bestseller Dharma Punx and Against the Stream, is the leader of the youth movement for a new American Buddhism. In Heart of the Revolution,...
Work as a Spiritual Practice: A Practical Buddhist Approach to Inner Growth and Satisfaction on the Job
AuthorLewis Richmond
ISBN0767902335
A guide to developing and maintaining a spiritual life on the job, drawn from the teachings and practices of Buddhist tradition.

Most people associate Buddhism with developing calmness, kindness, and compassion through meditation. Lewis Richmond's Work as a Spiritual Practice shows...
Meeting Faith: The Forest Journals of a Black Buddhist Nun
AuthorFaith Adiele
Reluctantly leaving behind Pop Tarts and pop culture to battle flying rats, hissing cobras, forest fires, and decomposing corpses, Faith Adiele shows readers in this personal narrative, with accompanying journal entries, that the path to faith is full of conflicts for even the most devout. Residing...
Big Sky Mind: Buddhism and the Beat Generation
AuthorCarole Tonkinson
ISBN1573225010
This book has turned me on to Philip Whalen who I previously thought of as a marginal Beat writer. It has also given me a little bit more of an understanding, though I was already aware, of the Buddhist influence on Jack Keroauc, Allen Ginsberg and especially Gary Snyder's work.

Whalen was a good...
The Foundations of Buddhism
AuthorRupert Gethin
ISBN0192892231
Buddhism is a vast and complex religious and philosophical tradition with a history that stretches over 2,500 years, and which is now followed by around 115 million people. In this introduction to the foundations of Buddhism, Rupert Gethin concentrates on the ideas and practices which constitute...
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