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Recommended Books on Buddhism
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I also have a more general (and personal) book recommendation page.
Strongly recommended introductory books
Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche1881847144
Gates to the Buddhist Practice
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
What Makes you Not a Buddhist
Generally recommended introductory books
Sogyal Rinpoche
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
Chogyam Trungpa
Work, Sex, Money: Real Life on the Path of Mindfulness
Thupten Jinpa
Fearless Heart
Strongly recommended intermediate books
Chogyam Trungpa
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
Chogyam Trungpa
The Myth of Freedom
Samuel Bercholz, Sherab Chödzin Kohn, and Bernardo Bertolucci
Entering the Stream: An Introduction to the Buddha and His Teachings
Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche
Karma: What It Is, What It Isn't, Why It Matters
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
The Guru Drinks Bourbon?
Chogye Trichen
Parting from the Four Attachments: A Commentary on Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen's Song of Experience on Mind Training and the View
Intermediate books
Shantideva
The Way of the Bodhisattva
Dalai Lama
Kindness, Clarity, Insight
Various Contributors
Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion
Books on practice
Patrul Rinpoche
Words of my Perfect Teacher
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
Not for Happiness, A Guide to the So-Called Preliminary Practices
Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
Cascading Waterfall of Nectar
Buddhist symbolism
Dagyab Rinpoche
Buddhist Symbols in Tibetan Culture
Robert Beer
The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs
Death and dying
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
Living is Dying (free ebook available in many languages)
Sogyal Rinpoche
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
Biographies
Erik Pema Kunzang & Marcia Binder Schmidt
Blazing Splendor: the memoirs of the Dzogchen Yogi Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
Nyanaponika Thera
Great Disciples of the Buddha: Their Lives, Their Works. Their Legacy
Keith Dowman
Buddhist Masters of Enchantment
The Divine Madman
Sky Dancer
Diana Mukpo
Dragon Thunder: my life with Chögyam Trungpa
Matthieu Ricard
Enlightened Vagabond: The Life and Teachings of Patrul Rinpoche
Donald S. Lopez Jr.
Gendun Chopel: Tibet's Modern Visionary
Douglas Duckworth
Jamgon Mipam: His Life and Teachings
Janet Gyatso
Apparitions of the Self: The Secret Autobiographies of a Tibetan Visionary
Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
A Brief Fantasy History of a Himalayan: Autobiographical Reflections
Study books
Robert Thurman
Tsong Khapa's Speech of Gold in the Essence of True Eloquence: Reason and Enlightenment in the Central Philosophy of Tibet (The Central Philosophy of Tibet is the same book with another title)
Donald S. Lopez
The Madman's Middle Way
John W. Pettit
Mipham's Beacon of Certainty: Illuminating the View of Dzogchen, the Great Perfection
Padmakara Translation Group
The Wisdom Chapter: Jamgön Mipham's Commentary on the Ninth Chapter of The Way of the Bodhisattva
Padmakara Translation Group
Introduction to the Middle Way: Chandrakirti's Madhyamakavatara with Commentary by Ju Mipham
Padmakara Translation Group
The Adornment of the Middle Way: Shantarakshita's Madhyamakalankara with Commentary by Jamgon Mipham
Advanced material
Erik Pema Kunzang (tr.)
Treasures from Juniper Ridge
Erik Pema Kunzang (tr.)
Advice from the Lotus Born
Chögyam Trungpa
The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma (3 vols)
Chögyam Trungpa
Lion's Roar
Chögyam Trungpa
Journey Without a Goal
Chögyam Trungpa
Orderly Chaos: The Mandala Principle
Chögyam Trungpa
Crazy Wisdom
Chögyam Trungpa
Transcending Madness are some of the other books by Trungpa Rinpoche that are favorites of mine.
Dudjom Rinpoche
Perfect Conduct: Ascertaining the Three Vows
Dalai Lama
Tantra in Tibet
Deity Yoga
Tantra Yoga
Tsele Natsok Rangdrol
Empowerment and the Path of Liberation
Tulku Thondup
Hidden Teachings of Tibet
Thomas Cleary (trans.)
The Blue Cliff Record
Dudjom Rinpoche
The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism: Its Fundamentals and History
Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
Gypsy Gossip and Other Advice
Magic Dance: The Display of the Self-Nature of the Five Wisdom Dakinis
Echoes: The Boudhanath Teachings
White Sail: Crossing the Waves of Ocean Mind to the Serene Continent of the Triple Gems
Sunlight Speech That Dispels the Darkness of Doubt: Sublime Prayers, Praises, and Practices of the Nyingma Masters
Small Golden Key
Welcoming Flowers Across the Threshold of Hope
tzal.orgBooks recommended by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
Some books Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche recommended in his teachings or in his social network activity.
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