Our Sangha has a Library that is maintained by our members and is for the use of everyone. When you arrive look for bookshelves against the wall in the second room on the left, between the meditation and the social hall.
We are still working (need volunteers tothelp) on getting he books into their new bookshelves since the library was moved to the smaller room.
The Books are organized alphabetically by author. Anyone may take out books or other materials, – just sign them out and return in a timely manner. The sign-out notebook is on a shelf by the lamp. Our library is made up completely of donations from members and we operate on an honor system. We also are happy to accept donations of Buddhist related materials.
Recommended Books and Audio Recordings
| BOOK / CD | AUTHOR | COMMENT |
| A Lifetime of Peace | Thich Nhat Hanh | |
| A Path to Enlightenment | His Holiness the Dalai Lama | Introduces the Lam Rim |
| A Path with Heart | Jack Kornfield | |
| A Year to Live | Stephen Levine | |
| After the Ecstacy, the Laundry | Jack Kornfield | Some common sense |
| An Open Heart | His Holiness the Dalai Lama | |
| Being Without Self (Zen for the Modern World) | Jeff Shore | |
| Breath by Breath | Larry Rosenberg | A great book on meditation |
| Buddhism Without Beliefs (A Contemporary Guide to Awakening) | Stephen Batchelor | |
| Classics of Buddhism and Zen (5 Volumes) | Thomas Cleary | |
| do You do it, or does It do you? | Alan Watts | 4 CD’s |
| Fragrant Palm Leaves | Thich Nhat Hanh | |
| Grist for the Mill | Ram Dass/Stephen Levine | |
| Happiness (A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill) | Matthieu Ricard | |
| Heart of Wisdom: The Essential Wisdom Teachings of the Buddha | Geshe Kelsang Gyatso | |
| How the Swan Came to the Lake | Rick Fields | Recent Buddhist History |
| Introduction to Emptiness | Guy Newland | Excellent explanation of Emptiness based on Tsong Kha Pa’s Lam Rim |
| Learning the Human Game | Alan Watts | 3 CD’s |
| Lessons of the Lotus | Bhante Y. Wimala | |
| Living Buddha, Living Christ | Thich Nhat Hanh | |
| Mindful Living | Thich Nhat Hanh | |
| Mindful Politics (A Buddhist Guide to Making the World a Better Place) | Edited by Melvin McLeod | Thich Nhat Hanh, Sam Harris, HH Dalai Lama, Jerry Brown, Pema Chodron, Chogyam Trungpa, Bell Hooks, Joseph Goldstein |
| Mindfulness in Plain English | Venerable Henepola Gunaratana | A great book on meditation |
| My Land and My People | His Holiness the Dalai Lama | |
| Out of Your Mind | Alan Watts | Essentail Listening from the Alan Watts Audio Archives 12CD’s |
| Plum Village Chanting and Recitation Book | Thich Nhat Hanh | |
| Shoes Outside the Door
BOOK/CD |
Michael Downing | |
| Selected Works of the Dalai Lama III “Essence of Refined Gold” | Glenn H. Mullin | |
| Stilling the Mind (An Introduction to Meditation) | Alan Watts | 2CD’s |
| Taking the Path of Zen | Robert Aitken | Good explanation of the history and teachings of Zen |
| The Art of Happiness | His Holiness the Dalai Lama | |
| The Great Treatise on the Path to Enlightenment: Lam Rim (3Vol) | Tsong-Kha-Pa (Joshua Cutler) | A most complete book on the path to liberation |
| The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching | Thich Nhat Hanh | |
| The Meditation Handbook | Geshe Kelsang Gyatso | A step by step manual providing a clear guide to Buddhist Meditation |
| The Raft Is Not the Shore | Thich Nhat Hanh | |
| The Way of Zen | Alan Watts | 3 CD’s |
| Tibetan Book of the Dead | Padma Sambhava,
translated by Robert A. F. Thurman |
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| Turning the Mind into an Ally | Sakyong Mipham | A great book on meditation |
| What the Buddha Taught | Walpola Rahula | Excellent book for beginners |
| When Things Fall Apart | Pema Chodron | Excellent book for beginners |
| Why the Dalai Lama Matters | Robert Thurman | |
| The Wisdom of No Escape | Pema Chodron | |
| The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying | Sogyal Rinpoche | |
| Zen Mind, Beginners Mind | Shunryi Suzuki | |
| Wherever You Go, There You Are | Jon Kabat-Zinn | |
| Light Comes Through | Dzigar Kontrul Rinpoche |
