Resources
View my second discussion with Venerable Dhammananda, the first female ordained in the Theravada tradition in Thailand. In this video we discuss non-self. Other discussions with Venerable are listed below.
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Book List
Websites & Podcasts
General Mindfulness
Tara Brach: Radical Acceptance
Tara Brach: True Refuge
Tara Brach: Radical Compassion
Larry Rosenberg: Breath by Breath
Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD: Full Catastrophe Living
Pema Chödrön: When Things Fall Apart
Pema Chödrön: The Places that Scare You
Pema Chödrön: Welcoming the Unwelcome
Pema Chodron: Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change
Pema Chodron: Taking the Leap
Joseph Goldstein: Mindfulness
Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield: Seeking the Heart of Wisdom
Mark Epstein: Open to Desire
Jack Kornfield: The Art of Forgiveness, LovingKindness, and Peace
James Baraz: Awakening Joy
Yongey Mingyuer Rinpoche: The Joy of Living
Yongey Mingyuer Rinpoche: Joyful Wisdom
Jon Kabat-Zinn: Wherever You Go, There You Are
Diana Winston: The Little Book of Being
Sharon Salzberg: Faith
Sharon Salzberg: Lovingkindness
Sharon Salzberg: Real Happiness at Work
Sharon Salzberg: Real Love
Sharon Salzberg: Real Change
Sebene Selassie: You Belong
Bodhipaksa: A Year of Buddha’s Wisdom (good for beginners)
Bhante Gunaratana: Mindfulness in Plain English
Buddhism
Joseph Goldstein: One Dharma
Bhikkhu Bohdi: The Noble Eightfold Path
Analayo: Satipatthana
Teaching
Chrisitane Wolf and J. Greg Serpa: A Clinician’s Guide to Teaching Mindfulness
Parker Palmer: The Courage to Teach
Mindfulness with Children
Christian Bergstrom: Ultimate Mindfulness Activity Book
Susan Kaiser Greenland and Annaka Harris: Mindful Games activity cards
Trauma
Peter Levine: In an Unspoken Voice
David Treleaven: Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness
Bessel Van der Kolk: The Body Keeps The Score
Nadine Burke Harris: The Deepest Well
Feather Berkower: Off Limits: A Parent's Guide to Keeping Kids Safe from Sexual Abuse
Self-Compassion
Kristen Neff: Self-Compassion
Christopher Germer: The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion
Illness, Aging, Dying
Stephen Levine: Healing into Life and Death
Stephen Levine: Unattended Sorrow
Kathleen Dowlig Singh: The Grace in Aging
Stephen Levine: Healing into Life and Death
Frank Ostaseski: The Five Invitations
Richard Rohr: Falling Upward
David Chernikoff: Life, Part two
Kimberly Brown: Navigating Grief and Loss
Ram Dass & Mirabai Bush: Walking Each Other Home
Pema Chodron: How we Live is How we Die
Website: Working with Grief, FL Rehab
Community
Thich Nhat Hanh: Joyfully Together
Larry Yang: Awakening Together
Christianity and Buddhism
Thich Nhat Hanh: Living Buddha, Living Christ
Thich Nhat Hanh: Going Home-Jesus and Buddha as Brothers
Paul Knitter: Without Buddha I Couldn’t be a Christian
The Dalai Lama: The Good Heart - Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus
Mindfulness-related
Byron Katie: Loving What Is
Ruth King: Mindful of Race
Judson Brewer: The Craving Mind
Oren Sofer: Say What You Mean
Cynthia Kane: How to Communicate Like a Buddhist
Lynne Twist: The Soul of Money
Rick Hanson: Just One Thing
The Dalai Lama & Desmond Tutu: The Book of Joy
Dan Harris: 10% Happier
Chade-Meng Tan: Search Inside Yourself
Anne Cushing: Mama Sutra (memoir)
Cindy Rasicot: Finding Venerable Mother (memoir)
Seane Corn: Revolution of the Soul (memoir)
Eckhart Tolle: Practicing the Power of Now
Bruce Tift: Already Free
Sheida White: Connecting with The One Consciousness
Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo: Threads of Awakening
Jane Enright: Butter Side Up
Neuroscience and Meditation
Rick Hanson: Buddha’s Brain
Rick Hanson: Neurodharma
Rick Hanson & Richard Mendius: Meditations to Change Your Brain
Daniel Goldman and Richard Davidson: Altered Traits
PoetryA Year with Rumi - Daily Readings, Coleman Barks
You Were Never Broken: Jeff Foster
Go In and In: Danna Faulds
Drinking from the River of Light: Mark Nepo
Voices in the Air: Naomi Shihab Nye
These are books I have read or are on my bookshelf waiting to be read soon. I’ll add to these lists over time, as I continue to read incessantly - there are so many more! Likewise with the podcasts; these are ones I listen to - there are many more. May you find what speaks to you.
Teacher Websites
Retreat Centers
Courses, Talks, and Publications
Videos with Teachers
Venerable Dhammananda: On Buddhanature (with me)
Venerable Dhammananda: On non-self (with me)
Venerable Dhammananda: With Jack Kornfield & Trudy Goodman
Podcasts
Metta Hour Podcast – Sharon Salzberg. One of the leading mindfulness meditation teachers in the US; she and a few others studied in the East and brought meditation to the US in the 1970’s. She’s accessible, funny and full of down-to-earth heart.
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein – like Sharon, he is a pioneer of Western mindfulness (Together with Jack Kornfield, they founded IMS – the Insight Meditation Society in Barre MA). He is a very clear, learned teacher – a bit more cerebral than Sharon.
Heart Wisdom - Jack Kornfield See above. Leading teacher in the West, very heart-centered.
Tricycle Talks – Tricycle is the premier Buddhist magazine publication; online now. Great thing to subscribe to if you want to learn more about Buddhism and mindfulness. This podcast has interviews with wise teachers and writers that are teaching dharma but in accessible terms.
Wisdom Podcast – a lot like Tricycle. Wisdom is also a publishing house.
Dharmaseed – this will have the most Buddhist-heavy podcasts, most of them are recordings from dharma talks given by master teachers in the US primarily, rather than interviews. Huge collection of dharma talks.
Insight Meditation Society – more dharma talks, like Dharmaseed, but just those given at IMS.
Dropping In – put out by Omega Institute, so a variety of interesting topics and people. Accessible. Not all about meditation.
Being Well – Rick Hanson and his son. Rick is all about meditation and neuroscience components, but very accessible. He’s a psychologist in the mindfulness world.
Ten Percent Happier – Former ABC anchor Dan Harris, author. He commands some pretty great guests, including the Dalai Lama! His mission is to bring mindfulness and meditation to skeptics.
Articles and Documents
Nurturing Relationships During the Holidays
Other Resources
Child Abuse Education: parentingsafechildren.com
Addiction Treatment: https://alluredetox.com/
LGBTQ Addiction Treatment: https://www.northernillinoisrecovery.com/programs/lgbtq
“The thought manifests as the word;
The word manifests as the deed;
The deed develops into a habit;
And habit hardens into character.
So watch the thought and its ways with care,
And let it spring from love
Born out of concern for all beings.”
“If you truly want to discover a lasting sense of peace and contentment, you need to learn to rest your mind. The simplest way to clear water obscured by mud and other sediments is to allow the water to grow still. In the same way, if you allow the mind to come to rest, ignorance, attachment, aversion, and all other mental afflictions will gradually settle, and the compassion, clarity, and infinite expanse of your mind’s real nature will be revealed.”
“We are not the survival of the fittest, we are the survival of the nurtured.”
“Encountering sufferings will definitely contribute to the elevation of your spiritual practice, provided you are able to transform the calamity and misfortune into the path.”