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Analayo.  Sattipatthana:  The Direct Path to Realization. (On the Four Foundations of Mindfulness)

Beck, Charlotte Joko.  Nothing Special:  Living Zen.  San Francisco.  Harper Collins.

Brach, Tara.  Radical Acceptance.  New York:  Bantam Books.

Chah, Ajahn.  Food for the Heart.  Boston:  Wisdom Publications.

Chodron, Pema.  When Things Fall Apart:  Heart Advice for Difficult Times.  Boston:  Shambhala Publications.
—Start Where You Are
—The Places that Scare You

His Holiness the Dalai Lama.  The Compassionate Life.  Boston: Wisdom Publications.

Flickstein, Matthew.  Journey to the Center:  A Meditation Workbook.  Boston:  Wisdom Publications.

Goldstein, Joseph.  The Experience of Insight.  Santa Cruz, California:  Unity Press.
—Insight Meditation:  The Practice of Freedom.  Boston:  Shambhala Publications.

Goldstein, Joseph and Kornfield, Jack.  Seeking the Heart of Wisdom:  The Path of Insight Meditation.  Boston:  Shambhala Publications.

Goleman, Daniel.  Varieties of the Meditative Experience.  New York:  E P Dutton.
—Destructive Emotions:  How Can We Overcome Them?  New York:  Bantam.

Gunaratana, Henepola.  Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness.  Boston:  Wisdom Publications.
—Mindfulness in Plain English.  Boston:  Wisdom Publications.

Kabat-Zinn, Jon.  Wherever You Go, There You Are:  Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life.  New York:  Hyperion Press.
—Full Catastrophe Living.  New York:  Hyperion Press.

Jack Kornfield.  A Path with Heart. New York:  Bantam Books.
—Buddha’s Little Instruction Book.  New York:  Bantam Books.
—The Art of Forgiveness, Loving Kindness and Peace.  New York:  Bantam Books.
—A Still Forest Pool.  Wheaton, Illinois:  Theosophical Publishing.
—Teachings of the Buddha

Krishnamurti, J.  Freedom from the Known.  New York:  Harper & Row.
—Think on These Things.  New York:  Harper & Row.

Levine, Stephen.  A Gradual Awakening.  New York:  Anchor Books.

McKenzie, Vicki.  Cave In the Snow.  London:  Bloomsbury Publishing.

Ram Dass.  Be Here Now.  New York:  Crown.

Rosenberg, Larry.  Breath by Breath.  Boston:  Shambhala.

Sharon Salzberg.  Loving Kindness–The Revolutionary Art of Happiness.  Boston:  Shambhala Pubs.
—A Heart as Wide as the World.  Boston:  Shambhala Publications

Lama Surya Das.  Eight Steps to Awakening the Buddha Within.

Suzuki, Shunryu.  Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind.  New York:  Weatherhill.

Sumedho, Ajahn.  The Mind and the Way: Buddhist Reflections on Life. Boston:  Wisdom Publications.

Thich Nhat Hanh.  The Miracle of Mindfulness.

—Peace is Every Step.

Tolle, Eckhart.  The Power of Now:  A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment.  Novato, California:  New World Library.

Trungpa, Chogyam.  Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism.  Boston:  Shambhala Publications.