11 Best philosophy books like The Heart of Buddhist Meditation: The Buddha's Way of Mindfulness by Nyanaponika Thera

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The Heart of Buddhist Meditation: The Buddha's Way of Mindfulness

By: Nyanaponika Thera

4.22

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

This is a classic text on the essence of Buddhist meditation. It is an excellent, indepth descripti…

If you liked the philosophy plot in The Heart of Buddhist Meditation: The Buddha's Way of Mindfulness by Nyanaponika Thera , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. What the Buddha Taught

By: Walpola Rahula , None

4.18

Format: 151 pages, Paperback

This indispensable volume is a lucid and faithful account of the Buddha’s teachings. “For years,” s… read more

Similar categories in Walpola Rahula's What the Buddha Taught book and Nyanaponika Thera's The Heart of Buddhist Meditation: The Buddha's Way of Mindfulness

  • buddhism
  • zen
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
"Whatever is impermanent is dukkha’ (Yad aniccaṃ taṃ dukkhaṃ)."

-Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught

"You may see the light, but the light is not the result of your eyesight."

-Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught

"Mere suffering exists, but no sufferer is found; The deed are, but no doer is found."

-Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught

"The name one gives is inessential. What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by other name would smell as sweet."

-Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught

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2. Seven Years in Tibet

By: Heinrich Harrer

4.10

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

Recounts how the author, an Austrian, escaped from an English internment camp in India in 1943 and … read more

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  • buddhism
  • nonfiction
"The name Kyirong means “the village of happiness,"

-Heinrich Harrer, Seven Years in Tibet

"There are times when visible poverty has its advantages."

-Heinrich Harrer, Seven Years in Tibet

"There were only three names on the map of the region we had brought with us, but we now filled in more than two hundred."

-Heinrich Harrer, Seven Years in Tibet

"Wherever I live, I shall feel homesick for Tibet. I often think I can still hear the cries of wild geese and cranes and the beating of their wings as they fly over Lhasa in the clear, cold moonlight.…"

-Heinrich Harrer, Seven Years in Tibet

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3. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

By: Shunryu Suzuki , Huston Smith , Trudy Dixon , Richard Baker

4.21

Format: 138 pages, Paperback

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.” So begins… read more

Similar categories in Shunryu Suzuki's Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice book and Nyanaponika Thera's The Heart of Buddhist Meditation: The Buddha's Way of Mindfulness

  • buddhism
  • personal development
  • eastern philosophy
  • zen
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
"Waves are the practice of the water."

-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

"Sincerity itself is the railroad track."

-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

"You do not say, “This is enlightenment,"

-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

"Zen practice is to open up our small mind."

-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

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4. Ego Is the Enemy

By: Ryan Holiday

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"While the history books are filled with tales of obsessive, visionary geniuses who remade the worl… read more

Similar categories in Ryan Holiday's Ego Is the Enemy book and Nyanaponika Thera's The Heart of Buddhist Meditation: The Buddha's Way of Mindfulness

  • personal development
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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5. Living Buddha, Living Christ

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

4.37

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

When you are a truly happy Christian, you are also a Buddhist. And vice versa." -- Thich Nhat Hanh … read more

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  • buddhism
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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6. Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Enlightenment

By: Robert Wright

3.64

Format: None pages, Audiobook

From one of America's greatest minds, a journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditat… read more

Similar categories in Robert Wright's Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Enlightenment book and Nyanaponika Thera's The Heart of Buddhist Meditation: The Buddha's Way of Mindfulness

  • buddhism
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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7. A Happy Death

By: Albert Camus , Richard Howard , Jean Sarocchi

4.15

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

Is it possible to die a happy death?This is the central question of Camus's astonishing early novel… read more

Similar categories in Albert Camus's A Happy Death book and Nyanaponika Thera's The Heart of Buddhist Meditation: The Buddha's Way of Mindfulness

  • philosophy

8. The Prophet

By: Kahlil Gibran

4.01

Format: 511 pages, Paperback

Kahlil Gibran's masterpiece, The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics of our time. Publishe… read more

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  • philosophy
  • religion
  • spirituality
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9. A Still Forest Pool: The Insight Meditation of Achaan Chah

By: Jack Kornfield , Ajahn Chah , Paul Breiter

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

Buddhist master Achaan Chah spent years meditating in a forest monastery of Thailand. This remarkab… read more

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  • buddhism
  • zen
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
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10. To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche

By: Erich Fromm

3.47

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

To Have Or to Be? is one of the seminal books of the second half of the 20th century. Nothing less … read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help

11. The Dhammapada

By: Anonymous , Thich Nhat Hanh , None , None

3.43

Format: 42 pages, Paperback

The Dhammapada (Pali; Prakrit: dhmmpd Dhammapada; Sanskrit: dhrmpd Dharmapada) is a collection of s… read more

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12. The Four Foundations of Mindfulness in Plain English

By: Henepola Gunaratana

3.79

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In simple and straightforward language, Bhante Gunaratana shares what the Buddha said about mindful… read more

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13. Midnight’s Children

By: Salman Rushdie

3.98

Format: 647 pages, Paperback

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. Saleem Sinai is born at the stroke… read more

Similar categories in Salman Rushdie's Midnight’s Children book and Nyanaponika Thera's The Heart of Buddhist Meditation: The Buddha's Way of Mindfulness

"Life again refused to remain lifesized"

-Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children

"What grows best in the heat: fantasy; unreason; lust."

-Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children

"For every snake, there is a ladder; for every ladder,a snake"

-Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children

"Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence."

-Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children

14. On the Shortness of Life

By: Seneca , Charles Desmond Nuttall Costa

0.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Stoic writings of the philosopher Seneca offer powerful insights into the art of living, the im… read more

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15. Concerning the Spiritual in Art

By: Wassily Kandinsky

3.89

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

A pioneering work in the movement to free art from its traditional bonds to material reality, this … read more

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16. Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One

By: Joe Dispenza

4.14

Format: 329 pages, Hardcover

Nous ne sommes pas condamnés par nos gènes à vivre une certaine forme d'existence. Une nouvelle sci… read more

Similar categories in Joe Dispenza's Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One book and Nyanaponika Thera's The Heart of Buddhist Meditation: The Buddha's Way of Mindfulness

  • personal development
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
"Your outer world is a reflection of your inner reality."

-Joe Dispenza, Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One

"Eres lo que eres, eres donde estás y eres quien eres por lo que piensas acerca de ti."

-Joe Dispenza, Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One

"We should never wait for science to give us permission to do the uncommon; if we do, then we are turning science into another religion."

-Joe Dispenza, Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One

"Whether we’re addicted to cigarettes, chocolate, alcohol, shopping, gambling, or biting our nails, the moment we cease the habitual action, chaos rages between the body and the mind."

-Joe Dispenza, Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One

17. Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body

By: Daniel Goleman , Richard Davidson

4.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Two New York Times-bestselling authors unveil new research showing what meditation can really do fo… read more

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18. The Art of Being

By: Erich Fromm , Rainer Funk

3.20

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

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19. Quietly Hostile: Essays

By: Samantha Irby

3.70

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Samantha Irby invites us to share in the gory particulars of her real life, all that festers behind… read more

Similar categories in Samantha Irby's Quietly Hostile: Essays book and Nyanaponika Thera's The Heart of Buddhist Meditation: The Buddha's Way of Mindfulness

  • nonfiction
"[...] and my face is sore from smiling so hard in an effort to appear friendly and nonthreatening."

-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays

"I'm so embarrassed by everything all the time, humiliated even by the need to breathe air where other people can see me"

-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays

"I want to push back against this idea that it's not real love if you're not passionately chattering at each other all the time, that it's just as valid (and romantic!) to know instinctively when to s…"

-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays

"I lived in blissful solitude for a long time...and you learn a lot about yourself and what you require for life when it's just you that you have to think about...You can buy frozen fish sticks and ea…"

-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays

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20. The Heart of Buddhist Meditation: The Buddha's Way of Mindfulness

By: Nyanaponika Thera

4.22

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

This is a classic text on the essence of Buddhist meditation. It is an excellent, indepth descripti… read more

Similar categories in Nyanaponika Thera's The Heart of Buddhist Meditation: The Buddha's Way of Mindfulness book and Nyanaponika Thera's The Heart of Buddhist Meditation: The Buddha's Way of Mindfulness

  • buddhism
  • personal development
  • eastern philosophy
  • zen
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
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21. Noble Truths, Noble Path: The Heart Essence of the Buddha's Original Teachings (The Teachings of the Buddha)

By: Bhikkhu Bodhi

4.75

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

The renowned translator Bhikkhu Bodhi has crafted this anthology of suttas from the Samyutta Nikaya… read more

Similar categories in Bhikkhu Bodhi's Noble Truths, Noble Path: The Heart Essence of the Buddha's Original Teachings (The Teachings of the Buddha) book and Nyanaponika Thera's The Heart of Buddhist Meditation: The Buddha's Way of Mindfulness

  • religion
  • buddhism

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Walpola Rahula , None

4.18

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Living Buddha, Living Christ

Thich Nhat Hanh

4.37

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Robert Wright

3.64

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Kahlil Gibran

4.01

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The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho , Alan R. Clarke , James Noel Smith

3.91

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The Stranger

Albert Camus , Matthew Ward , Stuart Gilbert , None

4.02

Transform Your Habits

White Nights

Fyodor Dostoevsky

4.06

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The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , Richard Howard , Dom Marcos Barbosa , None

4.33

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