Mahasi and Theravada Vipassana
Mahasi Sayadaw – Manual of Insight
Sayadaw U Pandita – In this very life
Sayadaw U Pandita – The state of mind called beautiful
Sayadaw U Silananda – The four foundation of mindfulness
Sayadaw U Indaka – Metta, the practice of Loving-Kindness
Sayadaw U Indaka – The Bojjhangas
Nyanaponika Thera – The heart of Buddhist meditation
Goldstein – The experience of Insight
Goldstein – Mindfulness
Goldstein – One Dharma
Salzberg – Loving Kindness: the revolutionary art of happiness
Salzberg – Faith: trusting your own deepest experience
Bhante Sujiva – The tree of wisdom, The river of no return
Understanding and Inspiration
Bhikkhu Analayo – Satipatthana: the direct path to realization
Dalai Lama & Thubten Chodron – Buddhism, one teacher many traditions
Gunaratana – Mindfulness in plain english
Walpola Rahula – What the Buddha Taught
Canonical Texts and Commentaries
- Anguttara Nikaya, numerical discourse of the Buddha
- Digha Nikaya, the long discourses of the Buddha
- Majjhima Nikaya, the middle length discourses of the Buddha
- Samyutta Nikaya, the connected discourses of the Buddha
- Suttanipata
- The Dhammapada (transl. by Gil Fronsdal)
Bhikkhu Bodhi – In the Buddha’s words
Bhikkhu Bodhi – A comprehensive manual of Abhidhamma
Bhikkhu Bodhi – The Buddha’s teachings on social anc communal harmony
Bhikkhu Bodhi – The revival of bhikkhuni ordination in the theravada tradition
Bhuddaghosa – Visuddhimagga, the path of purification
Pa-Auk Sayadaw – The workings of Kamma
Lives of Great Masters
Nyanamoli – The life of the Buddha
Bhikkhu Bodhi – The Great Disciples of the Buddha
Mirka Knaster – Living this life fully, stories and teaching of Munindra
Amy Schmidt – Dipa Ma