13 Top philosophy books like Manual of Insight by Mahasi Sayadaw

Cover of Manual of Insight by Mahasi Sayadaw

Manual of Insight

By: Mahasi Sayadaw

4.46

Format: 710 pages, Hardcover

The most comprehensive manual of the practice of insight meditation ( vipassana ), written by one o…

"As ultimate reality emerges, concepts submerge. As concepts emerge, ultimate reality submerges."

-Mahasi Sayadaw, Manual of Insight

"As ultimate reality emerges, concepts submerge. As concepts emerge, ultimate reality submerges."

-Mahasi Sayadaw, Manual of Insight

If you liked the philosophy plot in Manual of Insight by Mahasi Sayadaw , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

1. Autobiography of a Yogi

By: Paramahansa Yogananda

4.24

Format: 503 pages, Paperback

This acclaimed autobiography presents a fascinating portrait of one of the great spiritual figures … read more

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  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
"Who am I? The great inquiry indeed."

-Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

"Todo tiene su momento, y cada cosa su tiempo bajo el cielo"

-Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

"You have come to earth to entertain and to be entertained."

-Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

"The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery"

-Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

Cover of What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula, None

2. 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

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  • buddhism
  • 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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3. The Intelligent Investor

By: Benjamin Graham , Jason Zweig , Warren Buffett

4.25

Format: 623 pages, Paperback

More than one million hardcovers soldNow available for the first time in paperback! The Classic … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, Gia-Fu Feng, Jane English, Jacob Needleman, Toinette Lippe

4. 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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  • buddhism
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
"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

Cover of Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond: A Meditator's Handbook by Jack Kornfield, Ajahn Brahm

5. Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond: A Meditator's Handbook

By: Jack Kornfield , Ajahn Brahm

4.23

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Discover how meditation can be a way to radically encounter bliss and to begin—and sustain—real tra… read more

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  • buddhism
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
Cover of Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom by Jack Kornfield, Daniel J. Siegel, Rick     Hanson, Richard Mendius

6. Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom

By: Jack Kornfield , Daniel J. Siegel , Rick Hanson , Richard Mendius

4.25

Format: 351 pages, Paperback

Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and other great teachers were born with brains built essentially like any… read more

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  • buddhism
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
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7. Discourse Summaries

By: S.N. Goenka

3.61

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The 11 discourses in this volume provide a broad overview of the teachings of Buddha to help medita… read more

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  • buddhism
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
Cover of Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha by Thich Nhat Hanh, Nguyen Thi Hop, Mobi Ho

8. 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
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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"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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9. The Connected Discourses of the Buddha: A New Translation of the Samyutta Nikaya

By: Bhikkhu Bodhi

4.08

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

This volume offers a complete translation of the Samyutta Nikaya, The Connected Discourses of the B… read more

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  • buddhism
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
Cover of 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

10. 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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  • buddhism
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
Cover of The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha: A Complete Translation of the Anguttara Nikaya by Bhikkhu Bodhi, Gautama Buddha

11. The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha: A Complete Translation of the Anguttara Nikaya

By: Bhikkhu Bodhi , Gautama Buddha

3.90

Format: 77 pages, Hardcover

Like the River Ganges flowing down from the Himalayas, the entire Buddhist tradition flows down to … read more

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  • buddhism
  • philosophy
  • religion
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12. 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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13. The Science of Enlightenment: Teachings and Meditations for Awakening Through Self-Investigation

By: Shinzen Young

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Audio CD

What is enlightenment? Is it a myth or is it real? On The Science of Enlightenment, you will learn … read more

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14. The Noble Eightfold Path: Way to the End of Suffering

By: Bhikkhu Bodhi

3.79

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

This book offers a clear, concise account of the Eightfold Path prescribed to uproot and eliminate … read more

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15. Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity

By: Kim Malone Scott

4.00

Format: None pages,

From the time we learn to speak, we're told that if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say … read more

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16. Daniels' Running Formula

By: Jack Daniels

3.68

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

Get in the best shape of your running career with the scientifically based training in Daniels' Run… read more

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17. Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha: An Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book

By: None

4.22

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

* Author posits that enlightenment is an attainable goal* Argues that meditation is a method for ex… read more

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18. Adventures Beyond the Body: How to Experience Out-of-Body Travel

By: William Buhlman

3.00

Format: 146 pages, Paperback

Explore new worlds . . . If you ever wondered what might lie beyond the reality we experience every… read more

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19. DMT: The Spirit Molecule

By: Rick Strassman

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A Doctor's Revolutionary Research into the Biology of Near-Death & Mystical Experiences. A clinical… read more

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20. The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell

By: Aldous Huxley

2.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

As only he can, Aldous Huxley explores the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human … read more

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21. The Bhagavad Gita

By: Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa , Juan Mascaró , None

4.20

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

The Bhagavad Gitais an intensely spiritual work that forms the cornerstone of the Hindu faith, and … read more

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22. Elon Musk

By: Walter Isaacson

4.40

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate… read more

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  • nonfiction
"[Musk] concluded that Trump as president was no different than he was as a candidate. The buffoonery was not just an act. "Trump might be one of the world’s best bullshitters ever," he says. "Like my…"

-Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk

Cover of Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance by Alex  Hutchinson

23. Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance

By: Alex Hutchinson

4.13

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

From the National Magazine Award-winning Runner’s World columnist, frequent New Yorker online contr… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
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24. Permanent Record

By: Edward Snowden

4.30

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveill… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The government should be afraid of the people, the people shouldn't be afraid of the government."

-Edward Snowden, Permanent Record

"This was the ultimate leap of faith, in a way: I could hardly trust anyone, so I had to trust everyone."

-Edward Snowden, Permanent Record

"A little bit of math can accomplish what all the guns and barbed wire can't: a little bit of math can keep a secret."

-Edward Snowden, Permanent Record

"The reason you're reading this book is that I did a dangerous thing for a man in my position: I decided to tell the truth."

-Edward Snowden, Permanent Record

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25. The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity

By: Douglas Murray

4.21

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

Douglas Murray examines the twenty-first century's most divisive issues: sexuality, gender, technol… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
Cover of Training for the Uphill Athlete: A Manual for Mountain Runners and Ski Mountaineers by Steve House

26. Training for the Uphill Athlete: A Manual for Mountain Runners and Ski Mountaineers

By: Steve House

4.58

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Dovetailing on the success of Training for the New Alpinism and Patagonia’s own emphasis on all mou… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Crux: How Leaders Become Strategists by Richard P. Rumelt

27. The Crux: How Leaders Become Strategists

By: Richard P. Rumelt

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR A revolutionary framework to turn any leader into a st… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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28. Mindfulness of Breathing

By: Bhikkhu Anālayo

4.57

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Buddhist scholar and teacher Bhikkhu Anālayo explores the practice of mindfulness of breathing in t… read more

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  • buddhism
  • spirituality
Cover of Satipatthana Meditation: A Practice Guide by Analayo

29. Satipatthana Meditation: A Practice Guide

By: Analayo

4.69

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Buddhist meditator and scholar, Bhikkhu Anālayo, this is a thorough-going guide to the ear… read more

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  • philosophy
  • buddhism
  • nonfiction
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30. Manual of Insight

By: Mahasi Sayadaw

4.46

Format: 710 pages, Hardcover

The most comprehensive manual of the practice of insight meditation ( vipassana ), written by one o… read more

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  • buddhism
  • psychology
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"As ultimate reality emerges, concepts submerge. As concepts emerge, ultimate reality submerges."

-Mahasi Sayadaw, Manual of Insight

Cover of A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma by Bhikkhu Bodhi

31. A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma

By: Bhikkhu Bodhi

4.28

Format: 428 pages, Paperback

This modern translation of the Abhidhammattha Sangaha (Manual of Abhidhamma) offers an introduction… read more

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  • psychology
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  • religion
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8 Top religion books like Manual of Insight by Mahasi Sayadaw

Transform Your Habits

Autobiography of a Yogi

Paramahansa Yogananda

4.24

Transform Your Habits

What the Buddha Taught

Walpola Rahula , None

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond: A Meditator's Handbook

Jack Kornfield , Ajahn Brahm

4.23

Transform Your Habits

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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16 Best audiobook books like The Crux: How Leaders Become Strategists by Richard P. Rumelt

Transform Your Habits

Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

Morgan Housel

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making

Tony Fadell

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

Cal Newport

3.73

Transform Your Habits

Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

Shane Parrish

4.21

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