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Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living (Shambhala Classics)
Pema Chodron
Shambhala, 2001
Beautiful book
+ Review of the CD Audio Book
+ Start Where You Are
+ Being Versus Analysis
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Mindfulness in Plain English, Updated and Expanded Edition
Bhante H. Gunaratana
Wisdom Publications, 2002
Gunaratana Mindfulness
+ Nice place to start
+ Zen and Wonderful
+ Recent purchase, A book "Mindfulness"
+ ekcg
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How to See Yourself As You Really Are
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Atria, 2006
How to See Yourself as You Really Are/H.H.Dalai Lama
+ Ah, so this is how you do it...
+ Inspiring and practical
+ Mind-blowing...
+ Delai Lama's writings
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THE MOST DIRECT MEANS TO ETERNAL BLISS
Michael Langford
The Freedom Religion Press, 2008
The Real Deal
+ Amazing book
+ The Clearest Road Map to Spiritual Enlightenment
+ The Priceless Treasure
+ The truth and nothing but the truth.
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Tao Te Ching: A New English Version (Perennial Classics)
Lao Tzu
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006
BEWARE OF CLUELESS REVIEWERS!
+ Pretty Good
+ Timeless
+ Best Translation Ever.
+ Tao Te Ching
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The Attention Revolution: Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind
B. Alan Wallace
Wisdom Publications, 2006
A Fine Introduction to a Useful and Little Known Technique
+ It was good.
+ Great manual on Samatha practice
+ Abundantly Worth the Effort!
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A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life
Jack Kornfield
Bantam, 1993
Important, comprehensive, and beautiful book
+ Velvet Glove
+ Excellent book
This book is inspiring. Kornfield makes many important points, the most central being: does your path have a heart? I understand this to mean: reflect on what is most valuable to you in life. Read about the experiences of people near death and what they consider to be the best parts of their lives. ...
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Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
Thich Nhat Hanh
Riverhead Trade, 2002
Essential reading
+ Interesting Read
+ Changed the Way I Look At Everything
+ Embracing Your Anger
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Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World
Lama Surya Das
Doubleday, 1998
The Buddha Within
+ An Excellent Book...
+ Excellent for beginners
+ A great introduction to the Buddhist way of life.
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Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill
Matthieu Ricard
Little, Brown and Company, 2007
How to be Happy :)
+ I Should Be So Lucky
+ Amazing
+ Happiness by Matthieu Ricard
+ Change yourself for the better
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A Thousand Names for Joy: Living in Harmony with the Way Things Are
Byron Katie, Stephen Mitchell
Harmony, 2007
Name your joy
+ A thousand moments of joy from this book
+ Great Way to Grow and Understand What life is About
+ BEAUTIFUL!
+ Down to earth mindfulness
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Mindfulness for Beginners
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Sounds True, Incorporated, 2006
Mindfullness worth the money
+ Powerful
+ Good mechanics of meditation
+ Mindfullness for beginers
+ Fantastic resource for beginners
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The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
Pema Chodron
Shambhala, 2007
Don't be scared to read or listen to it
+ Calming, inspiring reminder...
+ Wonderful Book
+ An insightful book
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The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller; Revised and Updated ...
Sogyal Rinpoche, Patrick D. Gaffney, ...
HarperOne, 1994
"In the ground of primordial perfection, attain nirvana"
+ Insightful, Inspiring, and Enlightening
+ Breaking down the barriers of mind
+ Fantastic
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The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living
Dalai Lama, Howard C. Cutler
Riverhead Hardcover, 1998
It was great
+ My Number 1 Recommended Book
+ Skim the parts by Cutler
+ An excellent book for finding inner peace
+ The best book he's written
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