The Art of Disappearing: Buddha's Path to Lasting Joy
10 best books like The Art of Disappearing: Buddha's Path to Lasting Joy (Ajahn Brahm): Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice, Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior, Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness, Food for the Heart: The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, The Way of the White Clouds, A Still Forest Pool: The Insight Meditation of Achaan Chah, Oh No She Didn't: The Top 100 Style Mistakes Women Make and How to Avoid Them, Essence of Happiness, The Art of Living: Vipassana Meditation: As Taught by S. N. Goenka, Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
| Author | Shunryu Suzuki |
| ISBN | 0834800799 |
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.”
So begins this most beloved of all American Zen books. Seldom has such a small handful of words provided a teaching as rich as has this famous opening line. In a single stroke, the simple sentence...
| Author | Chögyam Trungpa |
| ISBN | 1590304519 |
In this practical guide to enlightened living, Chögyam Trungpa offers an inspiring vision for our time, based on the figure of the sacred warrior. In ancient times, the warrior learned to master the challenges of life, both on and off the battlefield. He acquired a sense of personal freedom and power—not...
Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness
| Author | Sharon Salzberg |
| ISBN | 1590301870 |
Throughout our lives we long to love ourselves more deeply and find a greater sense of connection with others. Our fear of intimacy—both with others and with ourselves—creates feelings of pain and longing. But these feelings can also awaken in us the desire for freedom and the willingness to take...
| Author | Ajahn Chah |
| ISBN | 0861713230 |
Renowned for the beauty and simplicity of his teachings, Ajahn Chah was Thailand's best-known meditation teacher. His charisma and wisdom influenced many American and European seekers, and helped shape the American Vipassana community. This collection brings together for the first time Ajahn...
The Way of the White Clouds
| Author | Lama Anagarika Govinda |
"A devoted Buddhist and a spokesman for Tibetan culture, Lama Anagarika Govinda was one of the last foreigners to journey through Tibet before the Chinese invasion of 1950. Govinda's luminous and candid account is a spectacular and gloriously poetic story of exploration and discovery, and a sensitive...
| Author | Ajahn Chah |
| ISBN | 0835605973 |
There are good things in just about every book like this. There are good things in this book.
But it's not really much of a book. Just a grouping of Achaan Chah's insights on life (okay, a slight pun) via insight meditation.
What can one say? Is it worth reading?
Answer: for nuggets.
You...
Oh No She Didn't: The Top 100 Style Mistakes Women Make and How to Avoid Them
| Author | Clinton Kelly |
| ISBN | 1439163162 |
Muffin tops. Scrunchies. Suntan hose. Slut shoes. Visible panty line. Who hasn’t had the unfortunate experience of witnessing—or (gasp!) actually wearing—one of these fashion disasters? The atrocities Clinton Kelly has seen—it’s a surprise he hasn’t gouged out his own eyes....
| Author | Dalai Lama XIV |
| ISBN | 0733613799 |
Drawn from His Holiness the Dalai Lama's best-selling The Art of Happiness, this guidebook contains simple advice on how to achieve lasting happiness in our everyday lives. Going straight to the heart of the matter, each page offers a gem of spiritual wisdom to enable us to defeat depression, anxiety,...
The Art of Living: Vipassana Meditation: As Taught by S. N. Goenka
| Author | William Hart |
| ISBN | 0060637242 |
The Ancient Meditation Technique that Brings Real Peace of MindVipassand-bhavand, "the development of insight," embodies the essence of the teaching of the Buddha. As taught by S. N. Goenka, this path to self-awareness is extraordinary in its simplicity, its lack of dogma and, above all, its results....
Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise
| Author | Thich Nhat Hanh |
| ISBN | 0062224697 |
The Zen master and one of the world's most beloved teachers returns with a concise, practical guide to understanding and developing our most powerful inner resource—silence—to help us find happiness, purpose, and peace.
Many people embark on a seemingly futile search for happiness,...
One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way
Introducing the practical and inspirational guide to incorporating Kaizen and its powerful principles into one's daily life. Rooted in the two thousand-year-old wisdom of the Tao Te Ching--"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step"--Kaizen is the art of making great and lasting...
