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Dharma Studio Library Catalog

The Dharma Studio has a library of 200 + titles of Buddhist and Buddhist-related books available for free loan*.   Most of the titles are entered below, in some loosely grouped categories, not alphabetical—hopefully not too chaotic but the better for browsing.  Categories interpenetrate, so you will find foundational and basic texts under the Tibetan and Zen headings, for example, as well.  There is also a large collection of cassette tapes of dharma talks and chanting by Tibetan teachers (thanks to a recent gift by a long time Nyimgma practioner) that has not yet been catalogued but is available for loan.  

Please come by the Dharma Studio to borrow books before or after any meditation or class session, or contact Ven Lianghua Su Jill Eggers at jilleggers9@gmail.com, if you would like to arrange to come by at another time to check out a book.  Looking forward to sharing these with you!

*Several titles, mostly sutras, are not available for out-of-house loan but can be read at the Dharma Studio.

General/Foundational

Buddhism Without Beliefs Stephen Batchelor

What the Buddha Taught Walpole Rahula

 Buddha Karen Armstrong

 Spiritual Materialism Chogyam Trungpa

 Meditation: Mindfulness in Action Chogyam Trungpa

Why Buddhism is True Robert Wright

 Buddha Jon Ortner

 Sutras

The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra

 Dhammapada Translated by Eknath Easwaren

 Dhammapada Translated by K. Sri Dhammananda

The Lankavatara Sutra Translated and commentary  by Red Pine

 The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjima Nikaya 

 Mahayana Purification: The Sutra of the Three Heaps With commentary by Acharya Nagarjuna, Translated and Edited by Brian Beresford

 The Vimilakirti Sutra

 The Platform Sutra

 The Great Discourse of Causation

 The Holy Teaching of Vimilakirti: A Mahayana Scripture Robert A F Thurman

 The Diamond Sutra Translated by Red Pine

 The Heart Sutra Osho

 The Large Sutra on Perfect Wisdom Translated and edited by Edward Conze

 The Adornment of the Middle Way: Shantarashita’s Madhyamakalankara with Commentary by Jagon Mipham

 The Lotus Sutra Translation by Gene Reeves

 Mother of the Buddhas: Meditations on the Prajaparamita Sutra Les Hixon

 Contemporary

The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living HH The Dalai Lama

The Joy of Living and Dying His Holiness The Dalai Lama

No Time to Lose: A Timely Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva Pema Chodron

 Comfortable with Uncertainty Pema Chodron

 The Places That Scare You Pema Chodron

 Always Maintain a Joyful Mind: And Other Lojong Teachings on Awakening Compassion and Fearlessness Pema Chodron

 The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching Thich Naht Hanh

 Chanting From the Heart Thich Naht Hanh

 The Novice Thich Nhat Hanh

 Living Buddha, Living Christ Thich Naht Hanh

Boundless Healing: Meditation Exercise to Enlighten the Mind and Heal the Body Tulku Thondup

The Healing Power of Mind: Simple Meditation Exercises for Health, Well-Being, and Enlightenment Tulku Thondup

 Altruism: The Power of Compassion to Change Yourself and the World Matthieu Ricard

The Practice of Pure Awareness: Somatic Meditation for Awakening the Sacred Reginald Ray

Touching Enlightenment: Finding Realization In the Body Reginald Ray

 Indestructible Truth:  The Living Spirituality of Tibetan Buddhism
Reginald Ray

Secret of the Vajra World Reginald Ray

Ancient Teachings in Modern Times: Buddhism in the 21st Century Venerable Lama Losang Samten

A Year to Live Stephen Levine

Faith Sharon Salzberg

Siddhartha (2 copies) Hermann Hesse

 A Lived Life (6 copies) Venerable Deok Wun

 The Circle of Wonder (2 copies) Venerable Deok Wun

 Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death Joan Halifax

 Tracking Bodhidharma Andy Ferguson

 The Heart of Buddhist Meditation Nyanaponika Thera

 Eloquent Silence Edited by Roko Sherry Chayat

The Practice of Lojong: Cultivating Compassion Through Training the Mind Traleg Kyabgon

Touching the Earth: The Power of Our Inner Light to Transform the World Seon master Daehaeng

 Pure-Land Zen,Zen Pure-Land: Letters from Patriarch Lin Kuang Translated by Master Thich Thien T’am

The Method of No Method: The Chan Practice of Silent Illumination Chan Master Sheng Yen

Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi (2) Taigen Dan Leighton

 Everything is Light Keith Dowman

 Turning the Mind Into an Ally Sakyong Mipham

 Traveling to the Other Shore Venerable Master Shing Yun

 The Book of Awakening  Mark Nepo

 Reality is Not What it Seems Carlo Rovelli

 Wonderland: The Zen of Alice Daniel Doen Silberberg

 Tibetan/Vajrayana

 The Way of the Bodhisattva Shantideva

 The Words of My Perfect Teacher Patrul Rinpoche

 Peaceful Death, Joyful Rebirth Tulku Thondup

 The Tibetan Book of the Dead Introduction by His Holiness the Dalai Lama

 The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Book of Natural Liberation Through Understanding in the Between Translated by Robert A. F. Thurman

 The Tibetan Book of the Dead Translated and with Commentary by Francesca Fremantle and Chogyam Trungpa

 The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying Sogyal Rinpoche

 Finding Rest in the Nature of Mind/The Trilogy of Rest, Volume I Longchenpa

 Finding Rest in Meditation/The Trilogy of Rest, Volume II Longchenpa

 Finding Rest in Illusion/The Trilogy of Rest, Volume III Longchenpa

 Treasury of Precious Qualities, Book One Jigme Lingpa

 Treasury of Precious Qualities, Book Two Jigme Lingpa

 A Mound of Jewels: Three Upadesha Tantras of the Great Perfection Translated by Christopher Wilkinson

Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland Nagarjuna.  Edited by Jeffrey Hopkins

 Nagarjuna’s Guide to the Bodhisattva Path Nagarjuna

 In Praise of Dharmadhatu—translation of Nagarjuna’s hymn to Buddha nature. Nagarjuna

Buddhahood Without Meditation: Dudjom LIngpa’s Vision of the Great Perfection Translation by B. Alan Wallace

 Practicing the Path Yangsi Rinpoche

 Vajrayana: An Essential Guide to Practice Traleg Kyabgon

 The Mahamudra: Eliminating the Darkness of Ignorance Wang-Ch’ug Dor-je, The Ninth Karmapa

Essentials of Mahamudra Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche

 Oracles and Demons of Tibet/The Cult and Iconography of the Tibetan Protective Deities Rene De Nebsky-Wojkowitz

 The Life and Revelations of Pema Lingpa Translated by Sarah Harding

 Transforming Problems Into Happiness Lama Zopa Rinpoche

 Dangerous Friend: The Teacher-Student Relationship in Vajrayana Buddhism Rig’dzin Dorje

 Shambala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior (2 copies) Chogyam Trunpga

 Orderly Chaos Chogyam Trungpa

 Glimpses of Abhidharma Chogyan Trungpa

 The Tea Cup and the Skull Cup Chogyam Trungpa

 The Heart of the Buddha Chogyam Trungpa

 The Path of Dharma Art Chogyam Trungpa

 Spiritual Materialism Chogyam Trungpa

 Meditation: Mindfulness in Action Chogyam Trungpa

 Illusion’s Game Chogyam Trungpa

 Crazy Wisdom Chogyam Trungpa

 Buddhist Ethics Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye

 Magic Dance: The Display of Self Nature of the Five Wisdom Dakinis Thinley Norbu

 The Cycle of Day and Night Namkhai Norbu

 The Crystal and The Way of Light Namkhai Norbu

 Tibetan Folk Tales

 The Divine Madman:  The Sublime Life and Songs of Drukpa Keith Dowman

 Mahamudra: The Quintessence of Mind and Meditation

 Tilopa

 Amrita of Eloquence” A Biography of Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche Lama Karma Drodhull

 The Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa

 Traveling the Path of Compassion. HH the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, Karma Triyana Dharmachakra

Dharma Teachings Venerable Kalu Rinpoche

Five Monlams (Tibetan Prayers)  Translated by Lama Sherap Dorje and adapted by Ari Goldfield

The Light of Wisdom, Vol III: Teaching on the Secret Empowerment. Root Text by Padmasambhava with Commentary by Jamgon Kontrul the First

 Zen

 The Zen Teachings of Bodhidharma Translated by Red Pine

 Zen Liturgy Paul Lynch

 Tibetan Zen: Discovering a Lost Tradition Sam van Schaik

 The Eight Gates of Zen: a Program of Zen Training John Daido Loori

 The Heart of Being  John Daido Loori

 Poison Blossoms From a Thicket of Thorns Hakuin Zenji

 The Gateless Gate Koun Yamada

 Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong Norman Fischer

 A Buddha From Korea: The Zen Teahings of T’aego Translated by J.C. Cleary

 Riding the Ox Home John Daido Loori

 Ceasing of Notions: An Early Zen Text From The Dunhuang Caves Soko Morinaga

 Invoking Reality: Moral and Ethical Teachings of Zen John Daido Loori

Doctrine of No-Mind D.T. Suzuki

The Zen Monk’s Life Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

 Manual of Zen Buddhism D.T. Suzuki

 Wake Up and Laugh: The Dharma Teachings of Zen Master Daehaeng

No River to Cross: Trusting The Enlightenment That’s Always Right There Zen Master Daehaeng

Touching the Earth: The Power of Our Inner Light to Transform the World. Seon Master Daehaenga

 No Beginning No End: The Intimate Heart of Zen Jakusho Kwong, with foreword by Thich Naht Hanh

Taoism, Confucinanism

 Tao Te Ching Translated by Stephen Mitchell

 The Tao The King: sayings of Lau Tzu Translation by C. Spurgeon Medhurst

 The Essential Tao Thomas Cleary

 The Inner Teachings of Taoism Chang-Po Tuan

 Grace Unfolding: Psychotherapy In the Spirit of the Tao Te Ching Johanson and Kurtz

 The Other Way: A Book of Meditaition Experiences Based on the I Ching Carol Anthony

 The Analects of Confucius, two translations

 Master of the Three Ways: Reflections of a Chinese Sage on Living a Satisfying Life Hung Ying Ming. (2 copies)

 The Secret of the Golden Flower Thomas Cleary translation

 Immortal Sisters: Secret Teachings of Taoist Women Translated by Thomas Cleary

 ART Practice

 Zen and Creativity John Daido Loori

 True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art. Chogyam Trungpa

 On Not Being Able to Paint Marion Milner

 The Way of Chinese Painting

 Walking in This World Julia Cameron

 

POETRY

 After Ikku, and Other Poems Jim Harrison

Mountains and Rivers Without End Poems by Gary Snyder

The Poetry of Zen (2 copies) Hamill/Seaton

 Because of the Rain: Korean Zen Poems

 Sky Above, Great Wind: The Life and Poetry of Zen Master Ryokan

 What? 108 ZenPoems Ko Un

 Japanese Death Poems Yoel Hoffman

 The Haiku Handbook: How to Write, Share, and Teach Haiku William Higginson

 

 General/Related

The Lost Art of Good Conversation Sakyong Mipham

Becoming Your Own Therapist Lama Yeshe

 Silence Robert Sardello

Karma/Nirvana: Two Buddhist Tales Paul Carus

 The Clonfort House Chronicles, Part 1: The Enchanters Russell Pitts (Ven Deok Wun)

 Work as a Spiritual Practice Lewis Richmond

 The Naked Now  Richard Rohr

 A New Earth Eckhart Tolle

 The Power of Now Eckhart Tolle

 Ocean of Dharma: The Everyday Wisdom of Chogyam Trungpa

 Maitreya’s Distinguishing Phenomena and Pure Being Ju Mipham

 War of the Worldviews Deepak Chopra, Leonard Mlodinow

 Meditation: Advice to Beginners Boka Rinpoche

 Living Ahimsa Diet: Nourishing Love and Life Maya Tiwari

 Silence Shusaku Endo

 Simplicity Roho

 The Gifts of Imperfection Brena Brown

 The Wisdom of the Enneagram Don Richard Riso

 The Enneagram Made Easy Elizabeth Wagae, Renee Baron

 Facets of Unity A.H. Almaas

 The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram Sandra Maitri

 The Book of Joy His Holiness The Dalai Lama

 The Wonders of Solitude Dale Salwak

 Buddhist Mandalas Lisa Tenzin-Dolma

 Close to the Ground Geri Larkin

 In a Zen Garden Judith Glover

 Inner Simplicity Elaine St James

 Other Spiritual Traditions

 The Bhagavad Gita Eknath Easwaren

 The Upanishads Eknath Easwaren

 The Great Swan: Meetings with Ramakrishna Les Hixon

 Always We Begin Again

 The Other Side of Silence: A Guide to Christian Meditation Morton T. Kelsey

The Hymns of Zarathustra Jacque Duchesne-Gullemin