Books

These are just a few of the books and teachers I have found particularly relevant and inspiring.

Awareness Alone Is Not Enough (PDF), Dhamma Everywhere (PDF) and other teachings available from Sayadaw U (Ashin) Tejaniya including Don’t Look Down on the Defilements pp. 1-39 , pp. 40-65 , and pp. 66-78 (PDFs)
Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away: Teachings on Impermanence and the End of Suffering and The Teachings of Ajahn Chah (PDF)–really anything spoken by Ajahn Chah
Intuitive Awareness (PDF), The Way It Is (HTML), and The Sound of Silence and other teachings from Ajahn Sumedho
The Light of Discovery and The Wonder of Presence and other books from Toni Packer
Taking Our Places: The Buddhist Path to Truly Growing Up by Norman Fischer
Living in the Light of Death: On the Art of Being Truly Alive by Larry Rosenberg
Blossoms of Friendship, and other titles (not that easy to find) by Vimala Thakar (you can also find On an Eternal Voyage at Scribd)
Small Boat, Great Mountain: Theravādan Reflections on The Natural Great Perfection by Ajahn Amaro (downloadable)
Everyday Zen: Love and Work by Charlotte Joko Beck
Stepping Out of Self-Deception: The Buddha’s Liberating Teaching of No-Self by Rodney Smith
Freedom from the Known and other teachings from J. Krishnamurti

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