Best Buddhism Books | Summaries & Audio

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The Power of Now

by Eckhart Tolle • 1997

All suffering comes from identification with thought. The exit is a single moment of noticing.

4.15

400k+

🧘 Present-Moment Awareness 🙏 Practical Spirituality 🦋 Ego Transcendence

Immersive

The Power of Now

All suffering comes from identification with thought. The exit is a single moment of noticing.

by Eckhart Tolle 1997 236 pages

4.15

400k+ ratings

🧘 Present-Moment Awareness 🙏 Practical Spirituality 🦋 Ego Transcendence

Don't Believe Everything You Think

by Joseph Nguyen • 2022

Your thinking manufactures every heavy emotion. The way out is not more effort but less.

3.79

57k+

🧘 Nondual Psychology 🌀 Rumination Relief 🌊 Flow State

Don't Believe Everything You Think Summary

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Don't Believe Everything You Think

Your thinking manufactures every heavy emotion. The way out is not more effort but less.

by Joseph Nguyen 2022 114 pages

3.79

57k+ ratings

🧘 Nondual Psychology 🌀 Rumination Relief 🌊 Flow State

Atmamun

by Kapil Gupta • 2016

Thought itself is the prison. Meditation and mindfulness are just painting the bars.

4.44

1k+

✂️ Anti-Self-Help 🕉️ Advaita Vedanta ☯️ Nondual Philosophy

Immersive

Atmamun

Thought itself is the prison. Meditation and mindfulness are just painting the bars.

by Kapil Gupta 2016 137 pages

4.44

1k+ ratings

✂️ Anti-Self-Help 🕉️ Advaita Vedanta ☯️ Nondual Philosophy

Courage

by Osho • 1977

Fear and courage start identically. The coward obeys the shaking; the courageous person sails.

4.15

8k+

🕉️ Eastern Spirituality 🦅 Fear And Courage 🧘 Meditation Practice

Immersive

Courage

Fear and courage start identically. The coward obeys the shaking; the courageous person sails.

by Osho 1977 208 pages

4.15

8k+ ratings

🕉️ Eastern Spirituality 🦅 Fear And Courage 🧘 Meditation Practice

Don't Believe Everything You Think

by Joseph Nguyen • 2022

All your mental suffering comes from one activity you have never questioned.

3.79

57k+

🌀 Overthinking 👁️ Thought Awareness 🧘 Inner Stillness

Immersive

Don't Believe Everything You Think

All your mental suffering comes from one activity you have never questioned.

by Joseph Nguyen 2022 114 pages

3.79

57k+ ratings

🌀 Overthinking 👁️ Thought Awareness 🧘 Inner Stillness

When Things Don't Go Your Way

by Haemin Sunim • 2018

A Zen teacher publicly shamed: his hard-won practices for when your world comes apart.

4.12

3k+

🧘 Zen Buddhism 🧠 Buddhist Psychology 🤲 Acceptance Practice

Immersive

When Things Don't Go Your Way

A Zen teacher publicly shamed: his hard-won practices for when your world comes apart.

by Haemin Sunim 2018 240 pages

4.12

3k+ ratings

🧘 Zen Buddhism 🧠 Buddhist Psychology 🤲 Acceptance Practice

Hagakure

by Yamamoto Tsunetomo • 1716

Rehearse your death every morning. The samurai's paradox: imagining the worst fate frees you to act.

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16k+

🗡️ Bushido 💀 Memento Mori 🏯 Japanese Philosophy

Immersive

Hagakure

Rehearse your death every morning. The samurai's paradox: imagining the worst fate frees you to act.

by Yamamoto Tsunetomo 1716 288 pages

4.00

16k+ ratings

🗡️ Bushido 💀 Memento Mori 🏯 Japanese Philosophy

Awake

by Angelo DiLullo • 2021

The voice in your head says 'I' so you obey. See through it and suffering ends.

4.59

500+

🌀 Nondual Spirituality 🔍 Self-Inquiry 🎯 Attention Training

Immersive

Awake

The voice in your head says 'I' so you obey. See through it and suffering ends.

by Angelo DiLullo 2021 476 pages

4.59

500+ ratings

🌀 Nondual Spirituality 🔍 Self-Inquiry 🎯 Attention Training

Don't Worry

by Shunmyō Masuno • 2013

Anxiety is mostly self-inflicted. A Zen monk's 48 lessons for stopping the habits that produce it.

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2k+

🧘 Zen Buddhism 🧠 Buddhist Psychology 😌 Anxiety Relief

Immersive

Don't Worry

Anxiety is mostly self-inflicted. A Zen monk's 48 lessons for stopping the habits that produce it.

by Shunmyō Masuno 2013

3.68

2k+ ratings

🧘 Zen Buddhism 🧠 Buddhist Psychology 😌 Anxiety Relief

I May Be Wrong

by Björn Natthiko Lindeblad • 2020

A Swedish forest monk's final lesson: stop believing every thought, and uncertainty becomes freedom.

4.27

13k+

🧘 Buddhist Practice 🌍 Western Buddhism 🌿 Mindful Living

Immersive

I May Be Wrong

A Swedish forest monk's final lesson: stop believing every thought, and uncertainty becomes freedom.

by Björn Natthiko Lindeblad 2020 257 pages

4.27

13k+ ratings

🧘 Buddhist Practice 🌍 Western Buddhism 🌿 Mindful Living

The Headspace Guide to Meditation & Mindfulness

by Andy Puddicombe • 2011

Your mind doesn't need silencing. A former monk's ten-minute method for training it toward calm.

4.03

13k+

🧘 Secular Meditation 📖 Meditation Guide ☀️ Daily Meditation

The Headspace Guide to Meditation & Mindfulness Summary

Immersive

The Headspace Guide to Meditation & Mindfulness

Your mind doesn't need silencing. A former monk's ten-minute method for training it toward calm.

by Andy Puddicombe 2011 224 pages

4.03

13k+ ratings

🧘 Secular Meditation 📖 Meditation Guide ☀️ Daily Meditation

Be Water, My Friend

by Shannon Lee • 2020

Bruce Lee’s philosophy of fluidity turned into daily practices for resilience and self-discovery.

4.17

7k+

🧘 Eastern Wisdom 🥋 Martial Arts Wisdom 💧 Adaptability

Immersive

Be Water, My Friend

Bruce Lee’s philosophy of fluidity turned into daily practices for resilience and self-discovery.

by Shannon Lee 2020

4.17

7k+ ratings

🧘 Eastern Wisdom 🥋 Martial Arts Wisdom 💧 Adaptability

Nature, Man and Woman

by Alan W. Watts • 1991

The wall between you and nature is a Western invention. It was never really there.

4.16

1k+

🏛️ Comparative Spirituality ☯️ Nondual Thought 🏔️ Taoist Philosophy

Immersive

Nature, Man and Woman

The wall between you and nature is a Western invention. It was never really there.

by Alan W. Watts 1991 224 pages

4.16

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Comparative Spirituality ☯️ Nondual Thought 🏔️ Taoist Philosophy

What the Buddha Taught

by Walpola Rahula • 1959

No faith, no dogma: the Buddha's original teachings as a practical psychology for ending suffering.

4.18

13k+

🧘 Theravada Buddhism 📜 Pali Canon 🚪 Introductory Buddhism

What the Buddha Taught

No faith, no dogma: the Buddha's original teachings as a practical psychology for ending suffering.

by Walpola Rahula 1959 151 pages

4.18

13k+ ratings

🧘 Theravada Buddhism 📜 Pali Canon 🚪 Introductory Buddhism

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

by Shunryu Suzuki • 1970

Mastery narrows your vision. The Zen practice of not-knowing is how you get it back.

4.21

50k+

🧘 Zen Practice ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy ⏳ Present Moment Awareness

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

Mastery narrows your vision. The Zen practice of not-knowing is how you get it back.

by Shunryu Suzuki 1970 208 pages

4.21

50k+ ratings

🧘 Zen Practice ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy ⏳ Present Moment Awareness

Waking Up

by Sam Harris • 2014

Real spirituality needs no faith, no afterlife, no self. Just a close look at consciousness itself.

3.90

51k+

🧘 Secular Spirituality 🧠 Contemplative Neuroscience 🔍 Consciousness Studies

Waking Up

Real spirituality needs no faith, no afterlife, no self. Just a close look at consciousness itself.

by Sam Harris 2014 258 pages

3.90

51k+ ratings

🧘 Secular Spirituality 🧠 Contemplative Neuroscience 🔍 Consciousness Studies

THE BOOK OF SECRETS

by Osho • 1974

112 doorways past the thinking mind: ancient meditation keys that unlock the watcher within.

4.21

3k+

🕉️ Eastern Spirituality 🌊 Ego Dissolution 👁️ Witnessing Awareness

THE BOOK OF SECRETS

112 doorways past the thinking mind: ancient meditation keys that unlock the watcher within.

by Osho 1974 1328 pages

4.21

3k+ ratings

🕉️ Eastern Spirituality 🌊 Ego Dissolution 👁️ Witnessing Awareness

How to Be an Adult in Relationships

by David Richo • 2002

Love's five non-negotiables, drawn from what you needed before you could ask.

4.10

8k+

💑 Conscious Partnership 🔗 Attachment Styles 😰 Intimacy Fears

How to Be an Adult in Relationships

Love's five non-negotiables, drawn from what you needed before you could ask.

by David Richo 2002 308 pages

4.10

8k+ ratings

💑 Conscious Partnership 🔗 Attachment Styles 😰 Intimacy Fears

Intuition

by Osho • 2001

You already know. The problem is that you also think, and thinking drowns it out.

4.01

4k+

🕉️ Eastern Spirituality 🔮 Intuitive Intelligence 🪷 Meditation Practice

Intuition

You already know. The problem is that you also think, and thinking drowns it out.

by Osho 2001 208 pages

4.01

4k+ ratings

🕉️ Eastern Spirituality 🔮 Intuitive Intelligence 🪷 Meditation Practice

Wherever You Go, There You Are

by Jon Kabat-Zinn • 1994

Meditation without a cushion. Your breath, your dishes, and the traffic jam all become practice.

4.13

54k+

🧘 Mindfulness Practice ☸️ Secular Buddhism 🔍 Insight Meditation

Wherever You Go, There You Are

Meditation without a cushion. Your breath, your dishes, and the traffic jam all become practice.

by Jon Kabat-Zinn 1994 249 pages

4.13

54k+ ratings

🧘 Mindfulness Practice ☸️ Secular Buddhism 🔍 Insight Meditation

The Art Of Living

by Thich Nhat Hanh • 2017

We are made of everything else. We survive our bodies. The peace we seek is already here.

4.44

11k+

🧘 Zen Buddhism 🌱 Mindful Living 🔗 Interconnectedness

The Art Of Living

We are made of everything else. We survive our bodies. The peace we seek is already here.

by Thich Nhat Hanh 2017 206 pages

4.44

11k+ ratings

🧘 Zen Buddhism 🌱 Mindful Living 🔗 Interconnectedness

Mindfulness

by Joseph Goldstein • 2013

The Buddha's own meditation manual: a step-by-step path to lasting freedom from suffering.

4.38

2k+

🧠 Insight Meditation ☸️ Theravada Buddhism 🧘 Buddhist Meditation

Mindfulness

The Buddha's own meditation manual: a step-by-step path to lasting freedom from suffering.

by Joseph Goldstein 2013 480 pages

4.38

2k+ ratings

🧠 Insight Meditation ☸️ Theravada Buddhism 🧘 Buddhist Meditation

When Things Fall Apart

by Pema Chödrön • 1996

The Tibetan Buddhist practice for turning life's worst moments into your greatest teacher.

4.27

65k+

🏔️ Tibetan Buddhism 🍂 Impermanence 🤲 Radical Acceptance

When Things Fall Apart

The Tibetan Buddhist practice for turning life's worst moments into your greatest teacher.

by Pema Chödrön 1996 208 pages

4.27

65k+ ratings

🏔️ Tibetan Buddhism 🍂 Impermanence 🤲 Radical Acceptance

The Dhammapada

by Anonymous

Your mind builds your prison, but it also holds the key. The original blueprint for freedom.

4.27

31k+

🧘 Buddhist Philosophy 📜 Early Buddhism 🧠 Mind Training

The Dhammapada

Your mind builds your prison, but it also holds the key. The original blueprint for freedom.

by Anonymous 114 pages

4.27

31k+ ratings

🧘 Buddhist Philosophy 📜 Early Buddhism 🧠 Mind Training

The Mind Illuminated

by Culadasa (John Yates) • 2015

The ten-stage meditation manual that treats attention as a skill, not a spiritual lottery.

4.26

4k+

🪷 Meditation Manuals 👁️ Insight Meditation 🎯 Concentration Meditation

The Mind Illuminated

The ten-stage meditation manual that treats attention as a skill, not a spiritual lottery.

by Culadasa (John Yates) 2015 504 pages

4.26

4k+ ratings

🪷 Meditation Manuals 👁️ Insight Meditation 🎯 Concentration Meditation

Why Buddhism is True

by Robert Wright • 2017

Evolution tuned your feelings to mislead you. A science-backed case for the Buddhist fix.

4.02

27k+

🧘 Secular Buddhism 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Mindfulness Meditation

Why Buddhism is True

Evolution tuned your feelings to mislead you. A science-backed case for the Buddhist fix.

by Robert Wright 2017 336 pages

4.02

27k+ ratings

🧘 Secular Buddhism 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Mindfulness Meditation

The Book

by Alan W. Watts • 1966

The boundary between you and everything else is just a habit of thinking.

4.21

24k+

☸️ Eastern Philosophy 🕉️ Nonduality 🫧 Ego Dissolution

The Book

The boundary between you and everything else is just a habit of thinking.

by Alan W. Watts 1966 163 pages

4.21

24k+ ratings

☸️ Eastern Philosophy 🕉️ Nonduality 🫧 Ego Dissolution

The Wisdom of Insecurity

by Alan W. Watts • 1951

Chasing security fuels anxiety. The counterintuitive cure: stop running and fully inhabit the now.

4.14

28k+

☯️ Eastern Philosophy 🕉️ Non-Duality 🧘 Present Awareness

The Wisdom of Insecurity

Chasing security fuels anxiety. The counterintuitive cure: stop running and fully inhabit the now.

by Alan W. Watts 1951 152 pages

4.14

28k+ ratings

☯️ Eastern Philosophy 🕉️ Non-Duality 🧘 Present Awareness

Bushido

by Inazō Nitobe • 1899

An unwritten samurai code, not scripture, built Japan's conscience, and it is not finished yet.

3.83

10k+

🗡️ Samurai Ethics 🎋 Japanese Philosophy ⚔️ Warrior Codes

Bushido

An unwritten samurai code, not scripture, built Japan's conscience, and it is not finished yet.

by Inazō Nitobe 1899 120 pages

3.83

10k+ ratings

🗡️ Samurai Ethics 🎋 Japanese Philosophy ⚔️ Warrior Codes

Osho Zen Tarot

by Osho • 1995

Tarot reimagined: every card a mirror for the present, not a window into the future.

4.41

1k+

🎴 Oracle Decks 🃏 Reflective Tarot 🧘 Zen Buddhism

Osho Zen Tarot

Tarot reimagined: every card a mirror for the present, not a window into the future.

by Osho 1995 192 pages

4.41

1k+ ratings

🎴 Oracle Decks 🃏 Reflective Tarot 🧘 Zen Buddhism

Peace Is Every Step

by Thich Nhat Hanh • 1992

Peace is never far away. It waits in your next breath, your next step, your next dish.

4.30

47k+

🧘 Everyday Mindfulness 🪷 Zen Buddhism 🌬️ Breathwork

Peace Is Every Step

Peace is never far away. It waits in your next breath, your next step, your next dish.

by Thich Nhat Hanh 1992 157 pages

4.30

47k+ ratings

🧘 Everyday Mindfulness 🪷 Zen Buddhism 🌬️ Breathwork

The Book of Joy

by Dalai Lama XIV • 2016

Train your mind for a joy no circumstance can touch: wisdom from two global spiritual leaders.

4.38

65k+

🧘 Spiritual Practice ☸️ Buddhist Psychology ✝️ Contemplative Christianity

The Book of Joy

Train your mind for a joy no circumstance can touch: wisdom from two global spiritual leaders.

by Dalai Lama XIV 2016 354 pages

4.38

65k+ ratings

🧘 Spiritual Practice ☸️ Buddhist Psychology ✝️ Contemplative Christianity

The Art of Communicating

by Thich Nhat Hanh • 2013

Six simple phrases, one breath at a time: a Zen master's path to relationships that heal.

4.11

12k+

🧘 Mindful Communication 👂 Deep Listening ☸️ Buddhist Psychology

The Art of Communicating

Six simple phrases, one breath at a time: a Zen master's path to relationships that heal.

by Thich Nhat Hanh 2013 176 pages

4.11

12k+ ratings

🧘 Mindful Communication 👂 Deep Listening ☸️ Buddhist Psychology

Being Aware of Being Aware

by Rupert Spira • 2013

You do not need to control your mind; peace is the awareness doing the seeking.

4.41

3k+

🕉️ Advaita Vedanta 🌀 Modern Nonduality 🔍 Self-Inquiry

Being Aware of Being Aware

You do not need to control your mind; peace is the awareness doing the seeking.

by Rupert Spira 2013 128 pages

4.41

3k+ ratings

🕉️ Advaita Vedanta 🌀 Modern Nonduality 🔍 Self-Inquiry

Siddhartha

by Hermann Hesse • 1922

He mastered fasting and desire, but the river showed him what no teacher could.

4.08

800k+

🧘 Spiritual Quest 📚 Philosophical Fiction 👴 Mentor Apprentice

Immersive

Siddhartha

He mastered fasting and desire, but the river showed him what no teacher could.

by Hermann Hesse 1922 152 pages

4.08

800k+ ratings

🧘 Spiritual Quest 📚 Philosophical Fiction 👴 Mentor Apprentice

The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

by Haemin Sunim • 2012

A busy mind makes a busy world. Slow the mind, and the world slows with it.

4.02

48k+

🧘 Mindful Living ☸️ Buddhist Psychology 💭 Emotional Awareness

The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

A busy mind makes a busy world. Slow the mind, and the world slows with it.

by Haemin Sunim 2012 288 pages

4.02

48k+ ratings

🧘 Mindful Living ☸️ Buddhist Psychology 💭 Emotional Awareness

The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching

by Thich Nhat Hanh • 1998

Suffering has a structure, and structure means it can be dismantled. The original blueprint.

4.33

21k+

🧘 Zen Buddhism 🌿 Mindfulness Practice 💔 Suffering Transformation

The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching

Suffering has a structure, and structure means it can be dismantled. The original blueprint.

by Thich Nhat Hanh 1998 294 pages

4.33

21k+ ratings

🧘 Zen Buddhism 🌿 Mindfulness Practice 💔 Suffering Transformation

Become What You Are

by Alan W. Watts • 1955

The self you're trying to improve is exactly what's in the way.

4.07

6k+

🪷 Zen Buddhism ☯️ Eastern Spirituality 🌐 Comparative Mysticism

Become What You Are

The self you're trying to improve is exactly what's in the way.

by Alan W. Watts 1955 146 pages

4.07

6k+ ratings

🪷 Zen Buddhism ☯️ Eastern Spirituality 🌐 Comparative Mysticism

Radical Acceptance

by Tara Brach • 2000

Why you feel fatally flawed, and how embracing each moment as it comes frees you from shame.

4.14

36k+

🫂 Self-Compassion 🧘 Buddhist Psychology 💖 Emotional Acceptance

Radical Acceptance

Why you feel fatally flawed, and how embracing each moment as it comes frees you from shame.

by Tara Brach 2000 352 pages

4.14

36k+ ratings

🫂 Self-Compassion 🧘 Buddhist Psychology 💖 Emotional Acceptance

Silence

by Thich Nhat Hanh • 2015

The mind's chatter is the real noise. A Zen master's way out: breathe, step, listen.

4.28

8k+

🧘 Zen Practice 🧠 Mindfulness Meditation 🌬️ Breath Awareness

Silence

The mind's chatter is the real noise. A Zen master's way out: breathe, step, listen.

by Thich Nhat Hanh 2015 189 pages

4.28

8k+ ratings

🧘 Zen Practice 🧠 Mindfulness Meditation 🌬️ Breath Awareness

The Craving Mind

by Judson Brewer • 2017

One simple brain loop hooks us on cigarettes, smartphones, and love. The way out isn't willpower.

3.68

5k+

🧠 Behavioral Addiction 📱 Digital Habits 🧬 Dopamine

The Craving Mind

One simple brain loop hooks us on cigarettes, smartphones, and love. The way out isn't willpower.

by Judson Brewer 2017 257 pages

3.68

5k+ ratings

🧠 Behavioral Addiction 📱 Digital Habits 🧬 Dopamine

Anger

by Thich Nhat Hanh • 2001

Stop suppressing anger. A Buddhist practice for meeting it with awareness and letting it transform.

4.08

12k+

🧘 Buddhist Psychology 😤 Anger Management 🧠 Emotional Regulation

Anger

Stop suppressing anger. A Buddhist practice for meeting it with awareness and letting it transform.

by Thich Nhat Hanh 2001 227 pages

4.08

12k+ ratings

🧘 Buddhist Psychology 😤 Anger Management 🧠 Emotional Regulation

The Diamond Cutter

by Michael Roach • 2000

Business events have no built-in meaning. Every profit and crisis comes from seeds you planted.

4.09

2k+

🧘 Buddhist Management ⛰️ Tibetan Buddhism 🧠 Buddhist Psychology

The Diamond Cutter

Business events have no built-in meaning. Every profit and crisis comes from seeds you planted.

by Michael Roach 2000 240 pages

4.09

2k+ ratings

🧘 Buddhist Management ⛰️ Tibetan Buddhism 🧠 Buddhist Psychology

Full Catastrophe Living

by Jon Kabat-Zinn • 1990

A mindfulness program that retrains attention so stress, pain, and illness lose their grip.

4.16

16k+

🧘 Mindfulness Practice 😌 Stress Reduction 🧠 Mind-Body Medicine

Full Catastrophe Living

A mindfulness program that retrains attention so stress, pain, and illness lose their grip.

by Jon Kabat-Zinn 1990 720 pages

4.16

16k+ ratings

🧘 Mindfulness Practice 😌 Stress Reduction 🧠 Mind-Body Medicine

No Mud, No Lotus

by Thich Nhat Hanh • 2014

Stop running from your pain. Mindfulness turns the heaviest days into the soil that grows joy.

4.25

15k+

🧘 Mindfulness Meditation 🧠 Buddhist Psychology 🌋 Transforming Suffering

No Mud, No Lotus

Stop running from your pain. Mindfulness turns the heaviest days into the soil that grows joy.

by Thich Nhat Hanh 2014 128 pages

4.25

15k+ ratings

🧘 Mindfulness Meditation 🧠 Buddhist Psychology 🌋 Transforming Suffering

The Five Invitations

by Frank Ostaseski • 2017

What a hospice founder learned at the bedside: five shifts that make mortality a guide.

4.45

4k+

🕰️ Impermanence 💀 Death And Dying 🤲 Radical Acceptance

The Five Invitations

What a hospice founder learned at the bedside: five shifts that make mortality a guide.

by Frank Ostaseski 2017 304 pages

4.45

4k+ ratings

🕰️ Impermanence 💀 Death And Dying 🤲 Radical Acceptance

The Antidote

by Oliver Burkeman • 2012

Positive thinking backfires. The case for embracing failure, mortality, and worst-case scenarios.

4.04

16k+

🔄 Anti-Self-Help 📚 Happiness Studies 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

The Antidote

Positive thinking backfires. The case for embracing failure, mortality, and worst-case scenarios.

by Oliver Burkeman 2012 236 pages

4.04

16k+ ratings

🔄 Anti-Self-Help 📚 Happiness Studies 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

The Miracle of Mindfulness

by Thich Nhat Hanh • 1975

A Zen monk's lesson: the dishwasher is a meditation hall; your breath is the only tool.

4.19

39k+

🧘 Zen Buddhism 📿 Buddhist Teachings 🌬️ Breath Awareness

The Miracle of Mindfulness

A Zen monk's lesson: the dishwasher is a meditation hall; your breath is the only tool.

by Thich Nhat Hanh 1975 160 pages

4.19

39k+ ratings

🧘 Zen Buddhism 📿 Buddhist Teachings 🌬️ Breath Awareness

You Are Here

by Thich Nhat Hanh • 2004

We spend our lives running from now. A Zen master on slowing down enough to arrive.

4.30

12k+

🧘 Mindful Living 🪷 Zen Buddhism 🌅 Present Moment

You Are Here

We spend our lives running from now. A Zen master on slowing down enough to arrive.

by Thich Nhat Hanh 2004 165 pages

4.30

12k+ ratings

🧘 Mindful Living 🪷 Zen Buddhism 🌅 Present Moment

The Three Pillars of Zen

by Philip Kapleau • 1965

The classic guide to zazen: how sitting, breathing, and a wordless koan dismantle the everyday mind.

4.08

7k+

☸️ Zen Buddhism 🧩 Koan Practice 🌅 Spiritual Awakening

The Three Pillars of Zen

The classic guide to zazen: how sitting, breathing, and a wordless koan dismantle the everyday mind.

by Philip Kapleau 1965 480 pages

4.08

7k+ ratings

☸️ Zen Buddhism 🧩 Koan Practice 🌅 Spiritual Awakening

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