Suggested Reading & Listening List - Insight Meditation Society

Titles by or about IMS TeachersSuggested Reading & Listening List(by author, in alphabetical order, books are listed in reverse chronological order)Sylvia BoorsteinThat’s Funny, You Don’t Look BuddhistIt’s Easier Than You ThinkDon’t Just Do Something, Sit TherePay Attention for Goodness SakeHappiness Is an Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful LifeSandy BoucherDancing in the Dharma: The Life and Teachings of Ruth DenisonTara BrachRadical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a BuddhaChristina FeldmanWoman AwakeThe Quest of the Warrior WomanSoul Food (Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart) (with Jack Kornfield)Principles of MeditationThe Buddhist Path to SimplicitySilenceHeart of Wisdom, Mind of CalmCompassionThe Way of MeditationJoseph GoldsteinA Heart Full of PeaceAbiding in Mindfulness, Volume I: The Body (audio)Abiding in Mindfulness, Volume II: On Feeling, the Mind & Dhamma (audio)Insight Meditation: The Practice of FreedomSeeking the Heart of Wisdom (with Jack Kornfield)The Experience of InsightOne Dharma: The Emerging Western BuddhismInsight Meditation Correspondence Course (audio, with Sharon Salzberg)Insight Meditation: A Step-by-Step Course on How to Meditate (audio, with Sharon Salzberg)Bhante GunaratanaBeyond Mindfulness in Plain EnglishMindfulness in Plain EnglishEight Mindful Steps to HappinessJourney to Mindfulness: The Autobiography of Bhante G.

Jack KornfieldA Wise HeartA Path with HeartLiving DharmaAfter the Ecstasy, the LaundryThe Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and PeaceSeeking the Heart of Wisdom (with Joseph Goldstein)A Still Forest Pool (with Paul Breiter, ed.)Soul Food (Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart) (with Christina Feldman)Teachings of the Buddha (ed. with Gil Fronsdal)Buddha’s Little Instruction BookSayadaw U PanditaIn This Very Life: The Liberation Teachings of the BuddhaThe State of Mind Called BeautifulLarry RosenbergBreath by BreathLiving in the Light of DeathSharon SalzbergThe Kindnesss HandbookUnplug: An Interactive KitLovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of HappinessA Heart as Wide as the WorldFaith: Trusting Your Own Deepest ExperienceThe Force of KindnessVoices of Insight (ed.)Insight Meditation Correspondence Course (audio, with Joseph Goldstein)Insight Meditation: A Step-by-Step Course on How to Meditate (audio, with Joseph Goldstein)Amy SchmidtDipa Ma: The Life and Legacy of a Buddhist MasterRodney SmithLessons From the DyingTitles by Topic(alphabetized by title, within each topic)Insight and Lovingkindness Meditation GuidanceThe Experience of InsightThe Four Foundations of MindfulnessThe Heart of Buddhist MeditationIn This Very Life: The Liberation Teachings of the BuddhaLovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of HappinessMindfulness in Plain EnglishJoseph GoldsteinU SilanandaNyanaponika TheraSayadaw U PanditaSharon SalzbergBhante Gunaratana-2-

The Buddhist TraditionThe Buddhist ReligionThe Foundations of BuddhismThe Heart of the Buddha’s TeachingsThe Story of BuddhismRobinson & JohnsonRupert GethinThich Nhat HanhDonald LopezTheravada BuddhismBeing Dharma: The Essence of the Buddha’s TeachingsBeing Nobody, Going NowhereThe Buddha and His TeachingA Comprehensive Manual of AbhidhammaHeartwood of the Bodhi TreeThe Noble Eightfold PathThe Path of Purification (Visuddhi Magga)The Path to DeliveranceTheravada BuddhismThe Vision of DhammaWhat the Buddha TaughtWheel of DhammaWings to AwakeningAjahn ChahAyya KhemaNarada TheraBhikkhu Bodhi, ed.Buddhadasa BhikkhuBhikkhu BodhiBhikkhu Nanamoli, tr.NyanatilokaRichard GombrichNyanaponika TheraWalpola RahulaMahasi SayadawThanissaro BhikkhuSuttas: The Discourses of the Buddha (Commentaries)Anguttara Nikaya: An AnthologyThe Connected Discourses of the Buddha:A New Translation of the Samyutta NikayaThe DhammapadaThe DhammapadaThe DhammapadaThe DhammapadaHandful of LeavesIn the Buddha’s Words:An Anthology of Discourses form the Pali CanonThe Long Discourses of the Buddha:A Translation of the Digha NikayaThe Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha:A New Translation of the Majjhima NikayaSellekha Sutta (& commentary)Splendor of Enlightenment: A Life of the Buddha, 2 vols.The Sutta NipataWord of the BuddhaTreasury of the Buddha’s Words, 3 vols.Nyanaponika Thera, tr.Bhikkhu BodhiAnanda MaitreyaNarada Thera, tr.Gil Fronsdal, tr.Thanissaro Bhikkhu, tr.Thanissaro Bhikkhu, tr.Bhikkhu Bodhi, ed.Maurice WalsheBhikkhu Nanamoli & Bhikkhu BodhiMahasi SayadawPhra KhantipaloH. Saddhatissa, tr.NyanatilokaVen. Nyanamoli, tr., Phra Khantipalo, ed.Buddhism in the WestThe Awakening of the WestBuddhism in AmericaHow the Swans Came to the LakeStephen BatchelorRichard Hughes SeagerRick FieldsOther Books on MindfulnessFull Catastrophe LivingA Gradual AwakeningWherever You Go, There You AreJon Kabat-ZinnStephen LevineJon Kabat-Zinn-3-

Buddhist Books for ChildrenThe Buddha’s QuestionEach Breath A SmileThe Jataka Tales SeriesMoody Cow MeditatesThe Mountains of TibetPeaceful Piggy MeditationPrince SiddharthaA Treasury of Wise Action: Jataka Tales of Compassion & WisdomWilliam Woodin RoweThich Nhat HanhDharma PublishingKerry Lee MacLeanMordicai GersteinKerry Lee MacLeanJonathan LandawYeshe De ProjectBuddhist Books on ParentingBaby BuddhasBuddhism for MothersDharma Family TreasuresEveryday BlessingsThe Family Meditation BookKarma KidsMomfulnessTeaching Meditation to ChildrenLisa DesmondSarah NapthaliSandy Eastoak, ed.Myla & Jon Kabat-ZinnKerry Lee MacLeanGreg HoldenDenise RoyFontana & SlackBuddhist Books for Youth/TeensBlue Jean Buddha: Voices of Young BuddhistsBuddha in Your BackpackThe Buddha’s ApprenticesDharma PunxJust Say OmPure Heart, Enlightened MindWide Awake: A Buddhist Guide for TeensSumi Loundon, ed.Franz MetcalfSumi LoundonNoah LevineSoren GordhamerMaura O’HalloranDiana WinstonPeople of Color and BuddhismDharma, Color, and CultureDreaming MeMeeting FaithHilda Gutierrez Baldoquin, ed.Janice WillisFaith AdieleSocially Engaged BuddhismBuddhist PeaceworkDharma RainEngaged Buddhism in the WestPeace is Every StepDavid Chappell, ed.Kenneth Kraft & Stephanie Kaza, eds.Chris Queen, ed.Thich Nhat HanhWomen and BuddhismBuddhism After PatriarchyThe First Buddhist WomenMeeting the Great Bliss QueenWomen’s Buddhism, Buddhism’s WomenRita GrossSusan Murcott, tr.Anne C. KleinEllison Findly, ed.InterfaithThe Good HeartThe Jew in the LotusLiving Buddha, Living ChristMind in the Balance:Meditation in Science, Buddhism and ChristianityHis Holiness the Dalai LamaRodger KamenetzThich Nhat HanhB. Alan Wallace-4-

Buddhism and PsychologyBuddhist Practice on Western Ground:Reconciling Eastern Ideals & Western PsychologyThe Mindful Path to Self-Compassion:Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and EmotionsMindfulness and PsychotherapyThe Principles of Buddhist PsychologyThoughts Without a ThinkerHarvey AronsonChristopher GermerChristopher Germer, Ronald Siegel, andPaul Fulton (eds.)David KalupahanaMark EpsteinMindfulness-Based Practices and Programs in Medicine, Psychology, Neuroscience and SocietyComing to Our Senses:Healing Ourselves and the World Through MindfulnessContemplative Science: Where Buddhism & Neuroscience ConvergeDestructive EmotionsHeal Thy Self: Lessons on Mindfulness in MedicineHealing EmotionsThe Joy of Living : Unlocking the Secret & Science of HappinessThe Mindful BrainThe Mindful Path to Self-Compassion:Freeing Yourself From Destructive Thoughts and EmotionsThe Mindful Way Through Depression:Freeing Yourself From Chronic UnhappinessMindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for DepressionMindfulness and PsychotherapyTrain Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New ScienceReveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform OurselvesJon Kabat-ZinnB. Alan WallaceDaniel GolemanSaki SantorelliDaniel GolemanMingyur RinpocheDaniel J. SiegelChristopher GermerMark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, andJon Kabat-ZinnZindel Segal, Mark Williams, and John TeasdaleChristopher Germer, Ronald Siegel, andPaul Fulton (eds.)Sharon BegleyOther Widely-Read Dharma BooksThe Art of HappinessBuddhism Without BeliefsCutting Through Spiritual MaterialismEthics for the New MilleniumGreat Disciples of the BuddhaThe Meditative MindThe Miracle of MindfulnessOne Robe, One BowlTibetan Book of Living and DyingZen Mind, Beginner’s MindHis Holiness the Dalai LamaStephen BatchelorChogyam TrungpaHis Holiness the Dalai LamaNyanaponika Thera & Hellmuth HeckerDaniel GolemanThich Nhat HanhRyokan (Stevens, tr.)Sogyal RinpocheSuzuki Roshi*****-5-