12 Best nonfiction books like Lord of the Dance: Autobiography of Chagdud Tulku Lama by Tulku Chagdud

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Lord of the Dance: Autobiography of Chagdud Tulku Lama

By: Tulku Chagdud

4.53

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Son of Dawa Drolma, one of Tibet's most renowned female lamas, Chagdud Rinpoche was recognized earl…

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1. Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

By: Dalai Lama XIV , Thich Nhat Hanh , Arnold Kotler

4.31

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

In the rush of modern life, we tend to lose touch with the peace that is available in each moment. … read more

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  • buddhism
  • nonfiction
"Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet."

-Dalai Lama XIV, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

"If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love."

-Dalai Lama XIV, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

"I have lost my smile, but don't worry. The dandelion has it."

-Dalai Lama XIV, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

"Mindful observation is based on the principle of “non-duality"

-Dalai Lama XIV, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

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2. 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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  • buddhism
  • nonfiction
"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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3. House of the Turquoise Roof

By: Dorje Yuthok

3.89

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

Mrs. Dorje Yuthok's frank and fascinating account of life in upper-class Lhasa before the Chinese o… read more

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  • nonfiction
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4. White Lotus: An Explanation of the Seven-line Prayer to Guru Padmasambhava

By: Jamgön Mipham , Padmakara Translation Group , Wulstan Fletcher , Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye

4.05

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The commentary translated in these pages is unusual and rare. But if the commentary is a rarity, it… read more

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  • buddhism
  • nonfiction
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5. Born in Tibet

By: Chögyam Trungpa

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Chogyam Trungpa--meditation master, scholar, and artist--was identified at the age of only thirteen… read more

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  • buddhism
  • nonfiction
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6. Enlightened Vagabond: The Life and Teachings of Patrul Rinpoche

By: Matthieu Ricard , None , Constance Wilkinson

4.02

Format: 426 pages,

Colorful stories about and profound teachings of Patrul Rinpoche, one of the most impactful teacher… read more

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  • buddhism
  • nonfiction
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7. 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
"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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8. The Lives and Liberation of Princess Mandarava: The Indian Consort of Padmasambhava

By: Samten Lingpa , Janet Gyatso , Lama Chonam , None

4.37

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

This lucid translation of a rare Tibetan text makes available for the first time to Western readers… read more

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  • buddhism
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9. Change of Heart: The Bodhisattva Peace Training of Chagdud Tulku

By: Chagdud Tulku , Shenpen Drolma

3.54

Format: None pages, Paperback

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10. Blazing Splendor: The Memoirs of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

By: Marcia Binder Schmidt , Erik Pema Kunsang , Tulku Urgyen , Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

3.95

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Blazing Splendorpaints an intimate portrait of the lost culture of Old Tibet and of a remarkable ma… read more

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  • buddhism
  • nonfiction

11. Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer, #1)

By: Laini Taylor

3.49

Format: 182 pages, Hardcover

The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around--and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior l… read more

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12. The Guru Drinks Bourbon?

By: Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse

4.06

Format: 663 pages,

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13. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

By: Barack Obama

3.93

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Nine years before the Senate campaign that made him one of the most influential and compelling voic… read more

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14. 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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15. Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1)

By: Seanan McGuire

3.74

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children No Solicitations No Visitors No Quests Children have alway… read more

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16. Not For Happiness: A Guide to the So-Called Preliminary Practices

By: Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse

4.07

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Do you practise meditation because you want to feel good? Or to help you relax and be "happy"? Then… read more

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17. 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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18. The Muse of Nightmares (Strange the Dreamer, #2)

By: Laini Taylor

4.40

Format: 205 pages, Hardcover

There was a war between men and gods, and men won. The few surviving children of the gods have grow… read more

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19. Crazy Wisdom

By: Chögyam Trungpa

4.90

Format: None pages, Paperback

Chogyam Trungpa describes "crazy wisdom" as an innocent state of mind that has the quality of early… read more

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20. The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

By: Nghi Vo

3.95

Format: 119 pages, Kindle Edition

A young royal from the far north is sent south for a political marriage in an empire reminiscent of… read more

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"Angry mothers raise daughters fierce enough to fight wolves."

-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

"[,,,] if you want to understand people who have gone, that's what you look at, isn't it? Their offal. Their leavings."

-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

"The abbey at Singing Hills would say that if a record cannot be perfect, it should at least be present. Better for it to exist than for it to be perfect and only in your mind."

-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

"... He was unimportant, the least of In-yo's spies and couriers, but—" Almost Brilliant fluttered her wings in the dying light. "I understand. I will remember Sukai for you, and so will my children a…"

-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

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21. A Step Away From Paradise

By: Thomas K. Shor

4.18

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

IN THE EARLY 1960S, a Tibetan lama, a charismatic and learned visionary mystic named Tulshuk Lingpa… read more

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  • buddhism
  • nonfiction
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22. Living is Dying – How to Prepare for Dying, Death and Beyond

By: Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse

4.08

Format: 242 pages, ebook

No matter who we are – pop star, nurse, teacher, real estate magnate, gardener, atheist, CEO, secre… read more

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  • buddhism
  • nonfiction
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23. Lord of the Dance: Autobiography of Chagdud Tulku Lama

By: Tulku Chagdud

4.53

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Son of Dawa Drolma, one of Tibet's most renowned female lamas, Chagdud Rinpoche was recognized earl… read more

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  • buddhism
  • nonfiction
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24. Brilliant Moon: The Autobiography of Dilgo Khyentse

By: Dilgo Khyentse

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Through lively anecdotes and stories this highly revered Buddhist meditation master and scholar tel… read more

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  • buddhism
  • nonfiction
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25. The Life and Times of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö: The Great Biography by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and Other Stories

By: Dilgo Khyentse

4.79

Format: 632 pages, Hardcover

An biography of one of the most outstanding Tibetan Buddhist masters of the twentieth century. The… read more

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26. Delog: Journey to the Realms Beyond Death

By: Delog Dawa Drolma

4.67

Format: 154 pages, Kindle Edition

My mother was revered throughout Tibet for her extraordinary powers as a lama, but she was more fam… read more

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27. Comentários sobre o ngondro: Instruções para as práticas preliminares concisas do budismo tibetano, compiladas dos ensinamentos de Sua Eminência Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche (Portuguese Edition)

By: Chagdud Khadro

5.00

Format: 156 pages, Kindle Edition

O ngondro, ou práticas preliminares do budismo tibetano, é um método que estabelece a base para tod… read more

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28. Light of Fearless Indestructible Wisdom: The Life and Legacy of H. H. Dudjom Rinpoche

By: Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal

4.44

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Beloved master, visionary, poet, and revealer of profound spiritual treasures, His Holiness Dudjom … read more

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  • buddhism
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29. Meditation, Transformation, and Dream Yoga

By: Gyatrul Rinpoche

4.53

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

The three traditional Nyingma texts and Venerable Gyatrul Rinpoche's commentary included in this bo… read more

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  • buddhism

14 must-read buddhism books like Lord of the Dance: Autobiography of Chagdud Tulku Lama by Tulku Chagdud

Transform Your Habits

Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

Dalai Lama XIV , Thich Nhat Hanh , Arnold Kotler

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

Chögyam Trungpa

4.22

Transform Your Habits

White Lotus: An Explanation of the Seven-line Prayer to Guru Padmasambhava

Jamgön Mipham , Padmakara Translation Group , Wulstan Fletcher , Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Born in Tibet

Chögyam Trungpa

4.29

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6 must-read biography books like The Life and Times of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö: The Great Biography by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and Other Stories by Dilgo Khyentse

Transform Your Habits

Seven Years in Tibet

Heinrich Harrer

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Born in Tibet

Chögyam Trungpa

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Enlightened Vagabond: The Life and Teachings of Patrul Rinpoche

Matthieu Ricard , None , Constance Wilkinson

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Blazing Splendor: The Memoirs of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

Marcia Binder Schmidt , Erik Pema Kunsang , Tulku Urgyen , Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

3.95

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