Book Reviews
“The Buddha’s Wish For The World” – Monshu Koshin Ohtani
“Less” – Marc Lesser
“Saltwater Buddha” – Jaimal Yogis
“Wisdom 2.0″ – Soren Gordhamer
“Zen Wrapped In Karma Dipped In Chocolate” – Brad Warner
“The Jewel Trader Of Pegu” – Jeffery Hantover
“Perfect Hostage” – Justin Wintle
“Razor Wire Dharma” – Calvin Malone
Now Reading:
“The Middle Way” – His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama
“Complete Idiot’s Guide To Buddhism” – Gary Gach
“Compassionate Fire” – Robert A. Wild
“The Compassionate Instinct” – Dacher Keltner, Jason Marsh and Adam Smith
Read and Recommend: (In no particular order)
“Prison Chaplaincy Guidelines For Zen Buddhism” – Kobutsu Malone
“Hardcore Zen” – Brad Warner
“Buddha” – Deepak Chopra
“One City” – Ethan Nichtern
“Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung?” – Ajahn Brahm
“Buddha’s Apprentices” – Sumi Loundon
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” – JK Rowling
“Dharma Punx” – Noah Levine
“Against The Stream” – Noah Levine (highly recommended)
“Re-Enchantment” – Jeffrey Paine
“How To Generate Bodhicitta” – Ribur Rinpoche
“Buddhism For Beginners” – Thubten Chodron
“Miracle Of Mindfulness” – Thich Nhat Hahn
“The Places That Scare You” – Pema Chodron
“Recovering America” – Malcolm Wells
“Ruling Your World” – Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
Don’t forget “Sit Down and Shut Up” by Brad Warner! I’m reading all three of his books in order, and I’m only halfway through “Sit Down and Shut Up”, but it’s really good!
The Art of Happiness – Dalai Lama
Buddhism for Dummies
Forrest Gump / Gump & Company – Winston Groom
The Shadow Country,Peter Mathiesson
Bright Dawn by S.K. Kubose
Bro, I am all over everything by Zen master, Taisen Deshimaru as well as those books attributed to Ajahn Chah, most of which are translated transcripts of his talks.
rockin’ list…I did my first meditation retreat at Thich Nhat Hanh’s order’s monastery in Upstate NY. Intense, hilarious..powerful. HIghly recommended.
Good book list
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche,His books are great because you can understand what he is saying,he relates his culture in ways in the west we can in some way comprehened.Things can get pretty wacky!!!