Name your Top 3 favorite Buddhist readings

Hank777

Hello folkz!

Still trying to find my way in the vast amount of Buddhist readings, I am very interested in hearing what readings have inspired you, members of newbuddhist, in trying to make the Buddhist philosophy more your own with each day passing.

So please share with us all, what are your TOP 3 favorite readings:

(Title - Author) example :

1. The Handbook for Mankind - Bhuddhadasa Bhikkhu
2. etc.
3. etc.


Thanks always !!

Floating_Abu

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The Four Noble Truths - Ajahn Sumedho

federica

This is so completely cheating, but I think the three should be read together....

1: 'The "Awakening" Trilogy by Lama Surya Das (3 books, but soooo good together!)
2: 'The Tibetan Book of living & Dying' - Sogyal Rinpoche
3: 'The Art of Happiness' - HH the DL and Howard C Cutler.

As a Theravada Buddhist, for me to list three essentially Mahayana books seems an anomaly.
It's not.
Discard all the superficial extraneous differences between Theravada and Mahayana, and essentially, the Buddha's message is the same for anyone.

Hank777

Thanks FLOATING ABU, great link !

1: 'The "Awakening" Trilogy by Lama Surya Das (3 books, but soooo good together!)
2: 'The Tibetan Book of living & Dying' - Sogyal Rinpoche
3: 'The Art of Happiness' - HH the DL and Howard C Cutler.

As a Theravada Buddhist, for me to list three essentially Mahayana books seems an anomaly.
It's not.
Discard all the superficial extraneous differences between Theravada and Mahayana, and essentially, the Buddha's message is the same for anyone.

Thanks Federica, so you mean to say these are Theravada Buddhist readings then? Sorry, I am not yet up to speed with all differences.

federica

Ok.have a look at this link. Maybe that will help.

Glow

I've learned more through hearing teachers speak than through reading. I tend to retain more that way.Among the more memorable reads however are the following:

1.) Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away by Ajahn Chah
2.) When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
2.) Focused and Fearless by Shaila Catherine

MaxH

Joseph Goldstein's "One Dharma" was the first book that I read regarding Buddhism and meditation. I was led to this book by an interview that Mr. Goldstein gave to Robert Wright on Slate TV.

Jack Kornfield's "After The Ecstasy, The Laundry: How The Heart Grows Wise On The Spiritual Path" is another book that I have returned to often. This book discusses several different spiritual traditions and how they are woven into the lives of lay people as well as clerics.

Andrea Hurst and Beth Wilson's "The Lazy Dog's Guide To Enlightenment" is very illuminating. I have yet to hear or read of any man or woman who has approached the level of enlightenment of the pet dog. Unconditionally loving and forgiving, effusively joyful in the most simple of comforts, dogs provide our greatest examples of how to live.

Mani

This is my list in no particular order...

1) Guide to the Bodhisattva's way of life (Bodhicaryavatara) by Shantideva- (a very inspiring text...)

2) Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand-(Translation of a month long "Lam Rim" teaching given in Tibet, 1929 by Kyabje Pabonka Rinpoche)

3) The Three Principal Aspects of the Path-(an oral teaching by Geshe Sonam Rinchen)

Though I have read other good books, These are the three that I seem to keep going back to for continuous study.

MrsCogan

Getting Unstuck by Pema Chodron is why I'm a Buddhist.
Comfortable with Uncertainty by Pema Chodron lives on my nightstand.
But I also recommend
Heart as Wide as the World by Sharon Salzberg

Deshy

Mindfulness, bliss and beyond by Ajhan Brahm

Hank777

Thanks so much for sharing people, I hope to able to look 'em all up!