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Recommended Readings in Meditation and Spirituality
Bodhi, Bhikkhu. The Connected Discourses of the Buddha: A New Translation of the Samyutta
Nikaya. 2 vols. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2000.
_________. Transcendental Dependent Arising: A Translation and Exposition of the Upanisa Sutta. The
Wheel Publication No. 277/278. Kandy, Sri Lanka: Buddhist Publication Society, 1980.
Bohm, David. Thought as a System. New York: Routledge, 1992.
Bohm, David. Wholeness and the Implicate Order. New York: Routledge Classics, 2002. First published 1980 by Routledge.
Brown, Byron. Soul Without Shame: A Guide to Liberating Yourself from the Judge Within. Boston:
Shambhala Publications, 1999.
Buddhadasa, Bhikkhu. Heartwood of the Bodhi Tree: The Buddha’s Teaching on Voidness. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1994.
Buddhadasa, Bhikkhu. Mindfulness with Breathing: A Manual for Serious Beginners. Translated by Satikaro Bhikkhu. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1998.
Buddhaghosa, Bhadantacariya. Visuddhimagga ? The Path of Purification. Translated by Bhikkhu
Nanamoli. Kandy, Sri Lanka: Buddhist Publication Society, 1991.
Buswell, Robert E. The Korean Approach to Zen: The Collected Works of Chinul. Honolulu:
University of Hawaii Press, 1983.
Buswell, Robert E., and Robert M. Gimello. Paths to Liberation: The Marga and Its Transformations
in Buddhist Thought. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1992.
Culligan, Kevin, OCD, and Regis Jordan, OCD, eds. Carmel and Contemplation: Transforming
Human Consciousness. Carmelite Studies VIII. Washington, DC: ICS Publications,
Institute of Carmelite Studies, 2000.
De Chardin, Pierre Teilhard. The Divine Milieu. New York: Perennial Library/Harper & Row,1960.
De Chardin, Pierre Teilhard. The Phenomenon of Man. New York: Perennial Library / Harper & Row, 1959. First published 1955 by Editions du Seuil, Paris.
De Mello, Anthony, SJ. Awareness. New York: Image Books / Doubleday, 1992.
De Mello, Anthony, SJ. Sadhana. St. Louis, MO: The Institute of Jesuit Sources, 1978.
Fritz, Robert. Your Life As Art. Newfane, VT: Newfane Press, 2003.
Fronsdal, Gil. The Issue at Hand: Essays on Buddhist Mindfulness Practice. San Francisco: Insight Meditation Center of the Mid-Peninsula, 2001.
Funk, Robert W. Roy W. Hoover, and the Jesus Seminar. The Five Gospels: What Did Jesus Really Say? The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1997.
Keenan, John P. The Gospel of Mark: A Mahayana Reading. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1995.
Khema, Ayya. When the Iron Eagle Flies: Buddhism for the West. Boston: Wisdom Publications,
2000.
Khema, Ayya. Who Is My Self? A Guide to Buddhist Meditation. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1997.
Klein, Anne C. Meeting the Great Bliss Queen: Buddhists, Feminists, and the Art of the Self. Boston: Beacon Press, 1995.
Klein, Anne C. Path to the Middle. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1994.
Kornfield, Jack. Living Dharma: Teachings of Twelve Buddhist Masters. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1996. Originally published 1977 as Living Buddhist Masters.
Kornfield, Jack. Teachings of the Buddha. Rev. ed. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1993.
Kramer, Greg. Meditating Together, Speaking from Silence: The Practice of Insight Dialogue. Portland, OR: Metta Foundation, 1999. (See also http://www.metta.org.)
Krishna, Gopi. Kundalini: The Evolutionary Energy of Man. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1997.
Krishnamurti, J. The First and Last Freedom. Ojai, CA: Krishnamurti Foundation of America, 1954. Published 1975 by HarperCollins.
Pandita, Sayadaw U. In This Very Life: The Liberation Teachings of the Buddha. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1991.
Peck, M. Scott. People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1983.
Peers, E. Allison, trans. Interior Castle - Saint Theresa of Avila. Garden City, NY: Doubleday /Image Books, 1961.
Pennington, M. Basil, OCSO. Centering Prayer: Renewing an Ancient Christian Prayer Form. Garden City, NY: Doubleday / Image Books, 1980.
Piburn, Sidney, ed. The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness; An Anthology of Writings By and About the Dalai Lama. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1993.
Piyadassi Thera. The Buddha’s Ancient Path. Kandy, Sri Lanka: Buddhist Publication Society, 1949.
Plattig, Michael, O. Carm. "Freedom to Souls: Spiritual Accompaniment According to the
Carmelite Tradition," in Tending the Holy: Spiritual Direction Across Traditions. Edited by Norvene Vest. Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse Publishing, 2003.
Rees, Mary. "Going Beyond What You Believe to Be True ? First Steps." Online meditation course at http://wwwcitta101.org, 2004.
Rees, Mary. Transforming the Power of Anger and Resentment: Self-Questioning Strategies. Houston: Citta 101, 1994.
Rilke, Rainer Maria. Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties: Translations and Considerations of Rainer Maria Rilke by John J. L. Mood. New York: W.W. Norton, 1975.
Rinpoche, Kyabje Kalu. Luminous Mind: The Way of the Buddha. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1997.
Shah, Idries. Learning How to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way. New York: Penguin, 1996.
Shantideva, Acharya. Bodhisattvacharyavatara - A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life. Translated by Stephen Batchelor. Dharmsala: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1979.
Silananda, U. The Four Foundations of Mindfulness. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1990.
Smith, Rodney. Lessons from the Dying. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1998.
Soma Thera. The Way of Mindfulness: Satipatthana Sutta Commentary. Kandy, Sri Lanka: Buddhist Publication Society, 1941.
Sumedho, Ajahn. The Way It Is. Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, Great Gaddesden, UK: Amaravati Publications, 1991.
Suzuki, Shunryu. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. New York: Weatherhill, 1970.
Swidler, Leonard, ed. Toward a Universal Theology of Religion. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1988.
Von Bruck, Michael. "Buddhist Sunyata and the Christian Trinity: The Emerging Holistic
Paradigm" in Buddhist Emptiness and Christian Trinity: Essays and Exploration. Edited by Roger Corless and Paul F. Knitter. New York: Paulist Press, 1990.
Walsh, Roger, and Frances Vaughan. "The Art of Transcendence: An Introduction to Common Elements of Transpersonal Practices." Journal of Transpersonal Psychology 25, no. 1 (1993).
Walshe, Maurice, trans. The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Digha Nikaya. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1995. First published 1987 as Thus Have I Heard: The Long Discourses of the Buddha.
Wangyal, Tenzin. Healing with Form, Energy and Light: The Five Elements in Tibetan Shamanism, Tantra, and Dzogchen. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2002.
Ward, Benedicta, SLG, trans. The Sayings of the Desert Fathers. Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian Publications, 1975.
Welwood, John. Toward a Psychology of Awakening: Buddhism, Psychotherapy, and the Path of Personal and Spiritual Transformation. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2000.