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Finally sit down and go through my libraries and listed down the books I personally love, both dharma and dharma related.
I won’t categorise them bec I really do not think in category when I buy or read. All of them contributed to my insight and learning in its own way. If I feel it’s too much for me I put it aside and come back to it again when I have new insight, things usually open up. That’s how I read.
A lot of theravada books I didn’t list, coz I read them early in the path say before 2019-2020.. I don’t remember clearly so I won’t list them.
Pls also recommend me some books if not in the list. Much appreciated
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Book recommendations (Dharma)
1. Awakening to reality e-book guide written by Soh Wei Yu in his blog awakeningtoreality.com
2. seeing that frees Rob Burbea
2. How to see yourself as you truly are HHDL
3. Clarifying the natural state DTN
4. Awake Angelo DiLullo MD
5. The method of no method Chan master Sheng Yen
6. The sun my heart TNH
7. Buddhahood without meditation
8. Death Joan tollifson
9. Royal seal of Mahamudra 1 and 2
10. Enjoying the ultimate TNH
11. Awakening the heart (sutra commentary) by TNH
12. Hakuin on Kensho commentary by Albert low
13. The end of your world Adyashanti
14. Emptiness dancing Adyashanti
15. Practical insight meditation Mahasi Sayadaw
16. Mastering the core teaching of the Buddha Daniel Ingram
17. No death no fear TNH
18. Tsongkhapa praise for dependent relativity
19. Mindfulness in plain English Bhante G
20. The supreme source CNN
21. Grist for the mill Ram Dass
22. How to realize emptiness Gen and Wallace Lamrimpa
23. Emptiness Greg Goode
24. Being time shinshu Roberts
25. Realizing genjokoan by shohaku okumura
26. The practise of Dzogchen Translated by tulku thondup
27. Natural liberation Padmasambhava
28. Finding rest in meditation/ nature of mind/ illusion by longchenpa - illusion is my fav
29. Insight into emptiness Tegchok
30. The other shore TNH (heart sutra commentary)
31. Call me by my true names TNH’s poetry collection
32. Mindfulness Joseph Goldstein - core Buddhist teachings like textbook
33. Introduction to emptiness Guy Newland
34. Under the bodhi tree and heart wood of the Bodhi tree Buddhadhasa Bikkhu
35. The grand delusion Steve Hagen
36. A path with heart Jack kornfield
37. Bringing home the dharma Jack kornfield
38. Food for the heart ajahn Chah
39. The mind illuminated culadasa
40. The power of now ET
41. 洪文亮法师writings (link can be found on ATR blog)
MMK
1. the sun of wisdom
2. Jan westerhoff
3. Nargajuna mark siderits
4. The feast for the fortunate
5. Nargajuna vigraharyavartani
ATR related
1) free ebook
2) all the recommended post in the blog
On the right panel
3) thusness old forum posts back in circa 2005-2008
4) all the transcripts - 4 of them I think
Others (indirectly to dharma)
1. the body keeps the score Bassel van der kolk (trauma)
2. Drugs and alcohol book by prof David nutt
3. Dopamine nation
4. The noonday demon Andrew Solomon (an anatomy of depression)
5. When breath becomes air Paul kalanithi
6. Attached amir Levine (attachment theory for relationships)
7. Dying to be me Anita moorjani
8. Atomic habits James clear
9. Tiny habits BJ fogg
1 Comment
Soh Wei Yu
Nice! Thanks for the effort Yin Ling