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Sam
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Pema Chodron
Bernard Glassman
Sam Hamill
bell hooks
Tim McNeill
Michael
McClure
Sharon Salzberg
Andrew Weil
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Sam Bercholz
Chairman, Shambhala Publications
Mount
Analogue by Rene Daumal
Shambhala:
Sacred Path of theWarrior by Chogyam Trungpa
Zen
Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
The
Spiritual Teaching of Ramana Maharshi by Ramana
Maharshi
Ramakrishna
and His Disciples by Christopher Isherwood
White
Sail by Thinley Norbu
Cutting
Through Spiritual Materialism by Chogyam Trungpa
Masters
of Meditation and Miracles by Tulku Thondup
Zen
Flesh, Zen Bones by Nyogen Senzaki and Paul
Reps
Duino
Elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke
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Pema Chodron
Buddhist teacher and author
The first two Buddhist books I
ever read:
Tibet's
Great Yogi Milarepa by W. Evans-Wentz
Born
in Tibet by Chogyam Trungpa
The
two early books that most revolutionized my view of
life:
Cutting
Through Spiritual Materialism by Chogyam Trungpa
The
Myth of Freedom by Chogyam Trungpa
The
two books that I reread most frequently:
Zen
Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
Training
the Mind and Cultivating Loving Kindness by
Chogyam Trungpa
The
two books that I continually study:
The
Bodhisattva's Way of Life by Shantideva
Kindly
Bent to Ease Us by Longchenpa
Two
books I highly recommend:
Finding
Freedom by Jarvis Jay Masters
Crooked
Cucumber: The Life and Teachings of Shunryu Suzuki
by David Chadwick
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Sam Hamill
Poet and translator
Life
in the Forest by Denise Levertov
Mind
of Clover by Robert Aitken
Nine-Headed
Dragon River by Peter Matthiessen
Zen
Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
Zen
and Zen Classics by R.H. Blyth
Night
by Elie Weisel
Duino
Elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke
Woman
and Nature by Susan Griffin
Earth
House Hold by Gary Snyder
The
Collected Poems of Kenneth Rexroth
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bell hooks
author
The
Raft is Not the Shore by Thich Nhat Hanh and
Daniel Berrigan
The
Inner Voice of Love by Henri Nouwen
Forgiveness:
A Bold Choice for a Peaceful Heart by Robin
Casarjian
The
Art of Loving by Erich Fromm
The
Innerward Journey by Howard Thurman
A
Heart As Wide As the World by Sharon Salzberg
Life
Lines: Holding On (And Letting Go) by Forrest
Church
When
All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough by Harold
Kushner
Start
Where You Are by Pema Chodron
Cutting
Through Spiritual Materialism by Chogyam Trungpa
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Roshi Bernard Glassman
Founder, Peacemaker Community
Collected Works of A.T. Ariyaratne
The
Fruitful Darkness by Joan Halifax
Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn
How
Can I Help by Ram Dass with Paul Gorman
Living
Buddha Zen by Lex Hixon
Shivitti
by Ka-Tzetnik, 135633
Street
Zen: The Life and Work of Issan Dorsey by David
Schneider
The Way of Council by Jack Zimmerman and
Virginia Coyle
We're All Doing Time by Bo Lozoff
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
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Michael McClure
Poet and playwright
Zen
Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
The
Awakening of Faith by Ashvagosha
Mutual
Aid by Peter Kropotkin
Origin
of Eukaryotic Cells by Lynn Margulis
Mexico
City Blues by Jack Kerouac
Taking
the Path of Zen by Robert Aitken
The
Buddhist Teaching of Totality by Garma C. C.
Chang
Hua-Yen
Buddhism: The Jewel Net of Indra by Francis
H. Cook
The
Theater and its Double by Antonin Artaud
In
the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall
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Tim McNeill
President, Wisdom Publications
The
Phenomenon of Man/The Divine Milieu
by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Guide
to a Bodhisattva's Way of Life by Shantideva
Man's
Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
The
Art of Loving by Erich Fromm
The
Way of the White Clouds by Lama Govinda
The
Church and the Homosexual by John J. McNeill
Zen
Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
The
Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton
The
Good Heart by the Dalai Lama
The
Courage to Be by Paul Tillich
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Sharon Salzberg
Guiding teacher, Insight Meditation
Society
Autobiography
of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
The
Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton
Be
Here Now by Ram Dass
Cutting
Through Spiritual Materialism by Chogyam Trungpa
Zen
Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
The
Color Purple by Alice Walker
The
Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan Watts
Siddhartha
by Herman Hesse
The
Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
I
and Thou by Martin Buber
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Dr. Andrew Weil
Author
The
Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Black
Elk Speaks by John Neihardt
Autobiography
of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
Teachings
of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda
Be
Here Now by Ram Dass
Cutting
Through Spiritual Materialism by Chogyam Trungpa
The
Tibetan Book of the Dead by W.Y. Evans-Wentz
(translator)
The
I Ching by Richard Wilhelm (translator)
The
Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield
The
Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbel
This
article originally appeared here
in the Shambhala Sun. Reprinted by permission. Copyright
2000 Shambhala Sun.
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Shambhala Sun
A bimonthly magazine inspired by Buddhism that
goes beyond distinctions of sacred and secular
to investigate the arts, politics, arts, relationships,
livelihood, and popular culture. Contributors
and subjects include Alice Walker, Richard Gere,
Maya Angelou, the Dalai Lama, Patti Smith, Pema
Chodron, Ken Wilber, bell hooks, and Rachel Naomi
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