10 must-read philosophy books like Roaring Silence: Discovering the Mind of Dzogchen by Ngakpa Chögyam

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Roaring Silence: Discovering the Mind of Dzogchen

By: Ngakpa Chögyam

4.24

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

According to the Vajrayana Buddhist tradition, Dzogchen is the direct experience of enlightenment. …

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1. Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

By: Chögyam Trungpa

4.22

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

In this modern spiritual classic, the Tibetan meditation master Chögyam Trungpa highlights the comm… read more

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  • philosophy
  • buddhism
  • spirituality
"Eventually we must give up trying to be something special."

-Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

"As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music."

-Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

"As long as a person is involved with warfare, trying to defend or attack, then his action is not sacred; it is mundane, dualistic, a battlefield situation."

-Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

"Self-deception is a constant problem as we progress along a spiritual path. Ego is always trying to achieve spirituality. It is rather like wanting to witness your own funeral."

-Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

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2. Dream Yoga and the Practice of Natural Light

By: Namkhai Norbu

3.91

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Secret Tibetan methods for working with dream states. read more

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  • buddhism
  • spirituality
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3. Tao Te Ching

By: Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe

4.30

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

A lucid translation of the well-known Taoist classic by a leading scholar-now in a Shambhala Pocket… read more

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  • philosophy
  • buddhism
  • spirituality
"The heart that gives, gathers."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"Love is a decision - not an emotion!"

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"When nothing is done, nothing is left undone."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

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4. 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

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  • philosophy
  • buddhism
  • spirituality
"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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5. Master Dogen's Shobogenzo

By: None , Chodo Cross

3.69

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

This translation, supported by the Japan Foundation, makes a strong claim to be the definitive tran… read more

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  • philosophy
  • buddhism
  • spirituality
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6. The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science

By: None , Matthew Immergut , None , None , Culadasa (John Charles Yates) , John Charles Yates

3.91

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Providing step-by-step guidance for every stage of the meditation path, this uniquely comprehensive… read more

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  • philosophy
  • buddhism
  • spirituality

7. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

By: Michael Pollan

3.89

Format: 266 pages,

Michael Pollan's last book, The Omnivore's Dilemma, launched a national conversation about the Amer… read more

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8. A Trackless Path

By: Ken McLeod

3.97

Format: None pages,

The 18th century Tibetan mystic Jigme Lingpa wrote many poems about the practice of Dzogchen, one o… read more

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9. The Lion's Roar: An Introduction to Tantra

By: Chögyam Trungpa , Sherab Chödzin Kohn

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

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10. The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles

By: Steven Pressfield , Robert McKee

4.08

Format: None pages,

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11. Shift Into Freedom: The Science and Practice of Openhearted Awareness

By: Loch Kelly

3.62

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Awakening can be the natural next stage of human development. Awakening is not a rare event limited… read more

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12. The Crystal and the Way of Light: Sutra, Tantra, and Dzogchen

By: Namkhai Norbu

2.83

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

In The Crystal and the Way of Light, Chogyal Namkhai Norbu examines the spiritual path from the vie… read more

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13. Smile at Fear: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery

By: Chögyam Trungpa , Carolyn Rose Gimian , Pema Chödrön

4.17

Format: 427 pages, Hardcover

Many of us, without even realizing it, are dominated by fear. We might be aware of some of our fear… read more

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14. Already Free: Buddhism Meets Psychotherapy on the Path of Liberation

By: None

3.06

Format: 405 pages, Audio CD

Different Paths, Different StrengthsFreedom from unnecessary suffering is the goal of both Buddhism… read more

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15. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

By: William Blake

3.72

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

Once regarded as a brilliant eccentric whose works skirted the outer fringes of English art and lit… read more

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16. The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.58

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

1980, PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI: It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of… read more

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"All of history [is] a rehearsal for its own extinction."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"...do you think if you died drunk you’d sober up before you met Jesus?"

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"The evil has no alternate plan. It is simply incapable of assuming failure"

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"She asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and she said dead."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

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17. Existential Kink: Unmask Your Shadow and Embrace Your Power

By: Carolyn Elliott

3.86

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

A smart, sexy guide to embracing the repressed, tabooed, and often unwanted aspects of ourselves so… read more

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  • philosophy
  • spirituality
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18. Right Concentration: A Practical Guide to the Jhanas

By: Leigh Brasington

4.38

Format: 237 pages, Paperback

A practical guidebook for meditators interested in achieving the states of bliss and deep focus ass… read more

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  • philosophy
  • buddhism
  • spirituality
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19. Seeing That Frees: Meditations on Emptiness and Dependent Arising

By: Rob Burbea

4.65

Format: 465 pages, Kindle Edition

In this ground-breaking and seminal work, esteemed Buddhist teacher Rob Burbea lays out an original… read more

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  • philosophy
  • buddhism
  • spirituality
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20. Roaring Silence: Discovering the Mind of Dzogchen

By: Ngakpa Chögyam

4.24

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

According to the Vajrayana Buddhist tradition, Dzogchen is the direct experience of enlightenment. … read more

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  • philosophy
  • buddhism
  • spirituality
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21. Wild Awakening: The Heart of Mahamudra and Dzogchen

By: Dzogchen Ponlop

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Mahamudra and Dzogchen are perhaps the most profound teachings within all of Tibetan Buddhism. The … read more

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  • philosophy
  • buddhism
  • spirituality
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22. The Magic of Vajrayana

By: Ken McLeod

4.63

Format: None pages, None

"A moving description of a life in practice which goes far beyond text-based ideas of prayer, devot… read more

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  • buddhism
  • spirituality

12 Top spirituality books like Roaring Silence: Discovering the Mind of Dzogchen by Ngakpa Chögyam

Transform Your Habits

Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

Chögyam Trungpa

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Dream Yoga and the Practice of Natural Light

Namkhai Norbu

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe

4.30

Transform Your Habits

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

Shunryu Suzuki , Huston Smith , Trudy Dixon , Richard Baker

4.21

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11 Best philosophy books like Seeing That Frees: Meditations on Emptiness and Dependent Arising by Rob Burbea

Transform Your Habits

Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe

4.30

Transform Your Habits

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

Shunryu Suzuki , Huston Smith , Trudy Dixon , Richard Baker

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

Jon Kabat-Zinn

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Enlightenment

Robert Wright

3.64

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