Recommended Reading
Note
Titles marked with an asterisk (*) are particularly suitable for beginners.
Buddhism
- Buddhism without Beliefs by Steve Batchelor*
- Heart Advice from a Mahamudra Master by Gendun Rinpoche*
- Clarifying the Natural State by Dakpo Tashi Namgyal
- Mind at Ease by Traleg Kyabgon
Zen
- Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki*
- The Zen Teachings of Huang Po
- The Zen Teachings of Bodhidharma
- The Unborn by Bankei
- The Diamond Sutra
- The Platform Sutra
- Hsin Hsin Ming
Vedanta
- Atma Bodh by Shankara, translated by Swami Nikhilananda
- Vivekachudamani by Shankara
- The Bhagavad Gita
- The Upanishads
- Be As You Are by Ramana Maharshi*
- Guru Vachaka Kovai by Ramana Maharshi
- I Am That by Nisargadatta Maharaj
- The Ultimate Medicine by Nisargadatta Maharaj
- Amrut Laya by Siddharameshwar Maharaj
- Raja Yoga by Swami Vivekananda*
- How To Attain Enlightenment by James Swartz*
Quakers
- Truth of the Heart by Rex Ambler
- The Spirit of the Quakers by Geoffrey Durham*
- The Quaker Way by Rex Ambler*
Modern Day Teachers
- The Taboo of Knowing Who You Are by Alan Watts*
- Awakening to the Natural State by John Wheeler
- The First and Last Freedom by J. Krishnamurti*
- Dismantling the Fantasy by Daryl Bailey*
- The Most Direct Means to Eternal Bliss by Michael Langford*
- Awareness by Anthony De Mello*
- Already Awake by Nathan Gill
Others
- Understanding Power by Noam Chomsky*
- Sacred Economics by Charles Eisenstein*
- Education and the Significance of Life by J. Krishnamurti*
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