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Jack Kornfield
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The Teachings of the Buddha
Awaken to Your Buddha Nature - Jack Kornfield
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Kalyana Mitta Suggested Reading List
Highly Recommended:
The Experience of Insight
, Joseph Goldstein
A Path With Heart
, Jack Kornfield
Seeking the Heart of Wisdom
, Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield
Insight Meditation
, Joseph Goldstein
After the Ecstasy
,
the Laundry,
Jack Kornfield
Loving-Kindness
, Sharon Salzberg
Faith
, Sharon Salzberg
Radical Acceptance
, Tara Brach
It's Easier Than You Think
, Sylvia Boorstein
Awakening the Buddha Within
, Lama Surya Das
Additional Readings:
The Teachings of the Buddha
, ed. by Jack Kornfield
The Heart of Buddhist Meditatio
n, Nyanaponika Thera
Emotional Alchemy
, Tara Bennett-Goleman (mindfulness with emotions)
Wherever You Go, There You Are
, Jon Kabat-Zinn
Everyday Blessings
, Jon Kabat-Zinn (mindful parenting)
The Beginner’s Guide to Insight Meditation
, Arinna Weisman
The Engaged Buddhist Reader
, Parallax Press (anthology of engaged Buddhism)
World as Lover, World as Self
, Joanna Macy (ecology)
Dharma Gaia: A Harvest of Essays in Buddhism & Ecology
, Alan Hunt Badiner