13 Best nonfiction books like The Heroic Heart: Awakening Unbound Compassion by Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo

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The Heroic Heart: Awakening Unbound Compassion

By: Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo

4.56

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

A guidebook to making life meaningful by cultivating compassion, embracing adversity, and training …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Heroic Heart: Awakening Unbound Compassion by Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha

By: Thich Nhat Hanh , Nguyen Thi Hop , Mobi Ho

4.41

Format: 600 pages, Paperback

Presenting the life and teachings of Gautama Buddha, drawn directly from 24 Pali, Sanskrit, and Chi… read more

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  • buddhism
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"To be loved means to be recognized as existing."

-Thich Nhat Hanh, Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha

"Everything depends on everything else. The One contains the many, and the many contains the One"

-Thich Nhat Hanh, Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha

"You cannot reach lofty heights in art if you do not first discover the unsurpassable beauty in your own heart. If you would like to play the flute truly well, you must find your true self on the Path…"

-Thich Nhat Hanh, Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha

"He saw that the key to liberation would be to break through ignorance and to enter deeply into the heart of reality and attain a direct experience of it. Such knowledge would not be the knowledge of …"

-Thich Nhat Hanh, Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha

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2. Joyful Wisdom: Embracing Change and Finding Freedom

By: Eric Swanson , None

4.36

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Yongey Mingyur is one of the most celebrated among the new generation of Tibetan meditation masters… read more

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  • buddhism
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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3. The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness

By: Daniel Goleman , Eric Swanson , None

4.05

Format: 336 pages,

For millennia, Buddhists have enjoyed the limitless benefits of meditation. But how does it work? A… read more

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  • buddhism
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality

4. Cave in the Snow

By: Vicki Mackenzie

4.11

Format: 98 pages,

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  • buddhism
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality

5. How to Meditate with Pema Chodron: A Practical Guide to Making Friends with Your Mind

By: Pema Chödrön

3.73

Format: 32 pages, Audio CD

***How to Meditate Has Been Named One of Library Journal s Best Books of 2013*** Pema Chodron is tr… read more

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6. Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis

By: Erich Fromm , None , None , None , None

3.97

Format: None pages,

Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis, Erich Fromm, D. T. Suzuki, and De Martino. Approximately one third… read more

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7. The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times

By: Pema Chödrön

3.98

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

We always have a choice, Pema Chodron teaches: We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us … read more

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8. Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

4.22

Format: 649 pages, Hardcover

"Written in words so intimate, calm, kind, and immediate, this extraordinary book feels like a mess… read more

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9. What Makes You Not a Buddhist

By: Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse

3.89

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Dzongsar Khyentse is one of the most creative and innovative young Tibetan Buddhist lamas teaching … read more

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10. The Heart of Compassion: The Thirty-seven Verses on the Practice of a Bodhisattva

By: Matthieu Ricard , Padmakara Translation Group , Dilgo Khyentse

2.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

What would be the practical implications of caring more about others than about yourself? This is t… read more

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11. How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life

By: Dalai Lama XIV

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

As human beings, we all share the desire for happiness and meaning in our lives. According to His H… read more

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12. Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life

By: Bill Perkins

3.91

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A Common-Sense Guide to Living Rich….Instead of Dying Rich Imagine if by the time you died, you did… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Your biggest fear ought to be wasting your life and time, not "Am I going to have x number of dollars when I'm 80?"

-Bill Perkins, Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life

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13. The Backyard Bird Chronicles

By: Amy Tan

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Flexibound

A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight. … read more

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  • nonfiction
"If there is anything I have learned these past six years, it is this: Each bird is surprising and thrilling in its own way. But the most special is the bird that pauses when it is eating, looks and a…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

"The (Anna's Hummingbird) males are deadbeat dads that contribute nothing to making the nest, or to feeding either the female or the nestlings. They are off to find other females they can impress with…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

"During daylight hours, they (Anna's Hummingbirds) feed every 15 minutes, be it tiny insects or nectar from flowers or feeders. If they don't consume food often enough, they can die during the day. If…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

"I asked Bernd Heinrich if he knew why feeder birds, like finches, discard so many seeds. It turns out he and other scientiests did research on this back in the 1990s - of course, he did -measuring di…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

Cover of Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America by Heather Cox Richardson

14. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

By: Heather Cox Richardson

4.42

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

“Engaging and highly accessible.” —Boston Globe “A vibrant, and essential history of America's u… read more

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  • nonfiction
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15. The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self

By: Michael Easter

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Discover the evolutionary mind and body benefits of living at the edges of your comfort zone and re… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport

16. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

By: Cal Newport

3.73

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more

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  • nonfiction
"What are we really doing here?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

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17. How We Live Is How We Die

By: Pema Chodron

4.30

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

As much as we might try to resist, endings happen in every moment—the end of a breath, the end of a… read more

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  • buddhism
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
Cover of Real Life: The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom by Sharon Salzberg

18. Real Life: The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom

By: Sharon Salzberg

4.22

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Merging the insights of inspiring voices with her own understanding of mindfulness, New York Times … read more

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  • buddhism
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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19. The Heroic Heart: Awakening Unbound Compassion

By: Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo

4.56

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

A guidebook to making life meaningful by cultivating compassion, embracing adversity, and training … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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20. An Autobiography of Trauma: A Healing Journey

By: Peter A. Levine

4.01

Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition

• Shares the author’s personal journey to heal his severe childhood trauma as well as his breakthro… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of A Meditator's Guide to Buddhism: The Path of Awareness, Compassion, and Wisdom by Cortland Dahl

21. A Meditator's Guide to Buddhism: The Path of Awareness, Compassion, and Wisdom

By: Cortland Dahl

4.86

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Amid stress, anxiety, and life’s challenges, Buddhism offers a path that can meet them fearlessly w… read more

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  • buddhism

7 best-selling spirituality books like The Heroic Heart: Awakening Unbound Compassion by Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo

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Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha

Thich Nhat Hanh , Nguyen Thi Hop , Mobi Ho

4.41

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Joyful Wisdom: Embracing Change and Finding Freedom

Eric Swanson , None

4.36

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The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness

Daniel Goleman , Eric Swanson , None

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David Brooks

4.14

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Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life

Bill Perkins

3.91

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Charles Duhigg

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