Budhism Books
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The Art of Happiness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.17 — 126,587 ratings — published 1998
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.09 — 896,064 ratings — published 1922
The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.18 — 40,348 ratings — published 1975
Mindfulness in Plain English (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.16 — 19,138 ratings — published 1992
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.21 — 50,630 ratings — published 1970
An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.15 — 9,327 ratings — published 2001
I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.43 — 7,118 ratings — published 1973
The Wisdom of No Escape: How to Love Yourself and Your World (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.28 — 8,320 ratings — published 1991
Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.14 — 36,915 ratings — published 2000
The Way of Zen (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.16 — 23,760 ratings — published
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.38 — 65,614 ratings — published 2016
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.26 — 66,378 ratings — published 1996
The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.33 — 21,793 ratings — published 1998
Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.30 — 47,955 ratings — published 1992
What Makes You Not a Buddhist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.02 — 6,648 ratings — published 2006
Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.17 — 6,773 ratings — published 1990
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.21 — 33,302 ratings — published 1992
The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to Be Calm in a Busy World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.02 — 49,317 ratings — published 2012
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.17 — 222,749 ratings — published 2005
How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.08 — 9,748 ratings — published 2002
The Dhammapada (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.27 — 31,647 ratings — published -400
Buddhism Plain & Simple: The Practice of Being Aware, Right Now, Every Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.03 — 10,315 ratings — published 1997
The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Power of Meow (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.48 — 2,807 ratings — published
Why Buddhism Is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment (Audiobook)
by (shelved 2 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.02 — 27,464 ratings — published 2017
Advice Not Given: A Guide to Getting Over Yourself (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as budhism)
avg rating 3.81 — 3,055 ratings — published 2018
The Buddha in Daily Life: An Introduction to the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.31 — 599 ratings — published 1994
The Art of Purring (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,222 ratings — published 2013
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.22 — 8,944 ratings — published 1973
10% Happier (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as budhism)
avg rating 3.91 — 116,192 ratings — published 2014
The Dalai Lama's Cat (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.17 — 16,547 ratings — published 2012
The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.03 — 9,840 ratings — published 2005
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.15 — 463,493 ratings — published 1997
A Comparative Study of the Religions of Today (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as budhism)
avg rating 4.50 — 6 ratings — published 1985
Cave of the Ancients (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as budhism)
avg rating 3.96 — 689 ratings — published 1970
A Brief History of India (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as budhism)
avg rating 3.45 — 77 ratings — published 1983
Red Tara Commentary: Instructions for the Concise Practice Known as Red Tara (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as budhism)
avg rating 4.34 — 41 ratings — published 1986
Zen Is Right Here: Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki, Author of "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind" (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as budhism)
avg rating 4.18 — 323 ratings — published 2001
Karma for Today's Traveler (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as budhism)
avg rating 3.94 — 62 ratings — published 2004
In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon (The Teachings of the Buddha)
by (shelved 1 time as budhism)
avg rating 4.21 — 4,407 ratings — published 2005
Taming Untameable Beings: Early Stories of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche with the Pygmies and Other Hippies (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as budhism)
avg rating 4.33 — 30 ratings — published 2015
How to Understand the Mind: The Nature and Power of the Mind (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as budhism)
avg rating 4.36 — 167 ratings — published 2014
Mahamudra Tantra: The Supreme Heart Jewel Nectar (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as budhism)
avg rating 4.35 — 94 ratings — published 2005
Afterzen: Experiences of a Zen Student Out on His Ear (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as budhism)
avg rating 3.84 — 200 ratings — published 1999
Buddhism, Sexuality, and Gender (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as budhism)
avg rating 3.97 — 37 ratings — published 1991
No Self, No Problem: How Neuropsychology Is Catching Up to Buddhism (The No Self Wisdom Series)
by (shelved 1 time as budhism)
avg rating 4.25 — 3,933 ratings — published 2019
On Having No Head: Zen and the Rediscovery of the Obvious (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as budhism)
avg rating 3.71 — 2,889 ratings — published 1961
The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as budhism)
avg rating 4.35 — 3,842 ratings — published 2015
Glimpse of Nothingness: Experiences in an American Zen Community (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as budhism)
avg rating 4.05 — 382 ratings — published 1974
A Fire Runs Through All Things: Zen Koans for Facing the Climate Crisis (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as budhism)
avg rating 4.26 — 27 ratings — published
“Há mais de dois mil e quinhentos anos nasceu no Nepal um homem chamado Siddharta Gautama, um príncipe pertencente a uma casta nobre e que vivia num palácio. Ao constatar, porém, que para lá do palácio a vida era feita de sofrimento, Siddharta abandonou tudo e foi para a Índia viver numa floresta como um asceta, dilacerado por uma pergunta: 'para quê viver quando tudo é dor?' Durante sete anos deambulou pela floresta em busca da resposta a essa pergunta. Cinco ascetas convenceram-no a jejuar, por acreditarem que a renúncia às necessidades do corpo criaria a energia espiritual que os conduziria à iluminação. Siddharta jejuou tanto que ficou esquelético e o seu umbigo tocou-lhe na coluna vertebral. No final, constatou que o corpo necessita de energia para alimentar a mente na sua busca. Decidiu, por isso, abandonar os caminhos extremos. Para ele, o verdadeiro caminho não era o da luxúria dos dois extremos. escolheu antes o caminho do meio, o do equilíbrio.
Um dia, após banhar-se no rio e ao comer um arroz-doce, sentou-se em meditação debaixo de uma figueira, uma árvore da iluminação, a que chamam Bodhi, e jurou que não sairia dali enquanto não atingisse a iluminação. Após quarenta e nove dias de meditação, chegou a noite em que alcançou finalmente a clarificação final de todas as suas dúvidas. Ele despertou por completo. Siddharta tornou-se Buda, o Iluminado.”
― A Fórmula de Deus
Um dia, após banhar-se no rio e ao comer um arroz-doce, sentou-se em meditação debaixo de uma figueira, uma árvore da iluminação, a que chamam Bodhi, e jurou que não sairia dali enquanto não atingisse a iluminação. Após quarenta e nove dias de meditação, chegou a noite em que alcançou finalmente a clarificação final de todas as suas dúvidas. Ele despertou por completo. Siddharta tornou-se Buda, o Iluminado.”
― A Fórmula de Deus
“I Don't Have Time to Explain
(Sonnet 2466-2467)
I don't have time to explain basic science,
I don't have time to explain
why vaccines are crucial,
why the earth is not flat.
I don't have time to explain basic theology,
I don't have time to explain why
no religion is truer than another,
and why belief as coping mechanism is okay,
but belief mustn't be confused with truth.
For example, if you wanna talk facts,
most scientific religion is buddhism,
for much of buddhist literature is basic psychology,
sure, all religious meanderings occasionally
align with modern science, but no theology
is more aligned with modern science than buddhism -
likewise, most nonviolent religion is jainism,
to harm even a fly is sin in jainism -
and most charitable religion is sikhism,
nobody goes hungry where there is a sikh langar,
that too without being converted into a sikh.
There are two kinds of divinity in the world,
doctrinal divinity and human divinity -
doctrinal divinity is less holy, more prejudice,
whereas human divinity prioritizes humanity.
There are two kinds of truth in the world,
empirical truth and human truth -
empirical truth is all about facts,
human truth is more than facts -
human truth applies facts wisely among other
instruments to uplift human condition.”
― Sonnets From The Mountaintop
(Sonnet 2466-2467)
I don't have time to explain basic science,
I don't have time to explain
why vaccines are crucial,
why the earth is not flat.
I don't have time to explain basic theology,
I don't have time to explain why
no religion is truer than another,
and why belief as coping mechanism is okay,
but belief mustn't be confused with truth.
For example, if you wanna talk facts,
most scientific religion is buddhism,
for much of buddhist literature is basic psychology,
sure, all religious meanderings occasionally
align with modern science, but no theology
is more aligned with modern science than buddhism -
likewise, most nonviolent religion is jainism,
to harm even a fly is sin in jainism -
and most charitable religion is sikhism,
nobody goes hungry where there is a sikh langar,
that too without being converted into a sikh.
There are two kinds of divinity in the world,
doctrinal divinity and human divinity -
doctrinal divinity is less holy, more prejudice,
whereas human divinity prioritizes humanity.
There are two kinds of truth in the world,
empirical truth and human truth -
empirical truth is all about facts,
human truth is more than facts -
human truth applies facts wisely among other
instruments to uplift human condition.”
― Sonnets From The Mountaintop

