8 Best buddhism books like Nothing to Grasp by Joan Tollifson

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Nothing to Grasp

By: Joan Tollifson

4.53

Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition

This book points relentlessly to what is most obvious and impossible to the ever-present, ever-cha…

"You're not going anywhere."

-Joan Tollifson, Nothing to Grasp

"You're not going anywhere."

-Joan Tollifson, Nothing to Grasp

"Every instant is a new universe."

-Joan Tollifson, Nothing to Grasp

"Every instant is a new universe."

-Joan Tollifson, Nothing to Grasp

If you liked the buddhism plot in Nothing to Grasp by Joan Tollifson , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever

By: Michael Bungay Stanier

4.02

Format: 117 pages, Kindle Edition

In Michael Bungay Stanier's The Coaching Habit, coaching becomes a regular, informal part of your d… read more

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2. Dare: The New Way to End Anxiety and Stop Panic Attacks Fast

By: None , Barry McDonagh

4.28

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

'EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE A BOOK COMES ALONG THAT COMPLETELY TRANSFORM THAT FIELD -THIS IS THAT BOOK F… read more

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3. The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship: A Toltec Wisdom Book

By: Miguel Ruiz

4.27

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Carlos Castaneda, the author distills essential Toltec wisdom on human relation… read more

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  • spirituality
"when the need is in the mind, you cannot satisfy the need"

-Miguel Ruiz, The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship: A Toltec Wisdom Book

"Our emotions act like a filter through which we see the rest of the world."

-Miguel Ruiz, The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship: A Toltec Wisdom Book

"You don't need to justify your love, you don't need to explain your love, you just need to practice your love. Practice creates the master."

-Miguel Ruiz, The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship: A Toltec Wisdom Book

"...What you are is a force--a force that makes it possible for your body to live, a force that makes it possible for your whole mind to dream...You are life"

-Miguel Ruiz, The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship: A Toltec Wisdom Book

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4. Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening

By: Joseph Goldstein

4.38

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The mind contains the seeds of its own awakening—seeds that we can cultivate to bring forth the fru… read more

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  • buddhism
  • spirituality
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5. Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It

By: Kamal Ravikant

3.87

Format: 68 pages, Paperback

In December of 2011, I gave a talk to an audience of scientists, Pentagon officials, politicians, a… read more

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  • spirituality
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6. The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom

By: Jonathan Haidt

4.43

Format: None pages, Paperback

In his widely praised book, award-winning psychologist Jonathan Haidt examines the world's philosop… read more

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7. Dharma Road: A Short Cab Ride to Self Discovery

By: Brian Haycock

4.20

Format: 228 pages,

read more

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  • buddhism
  • spirituality
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8. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

By: Marshall B. Rosenberg , Arun Gandhi

4.34

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

Do you hunger for skills to improve the quality of your relationships, to deepen your sense of pers… read more

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"At the root of every tantrum and power struggle are unmet needs."

-Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

"All violence is the result of people tricking themselves into believing that their pain derives from other people and that consequently those people deserve to be punished."

-Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

"Anger is a result of life-alienating thinking that is disconnected from needs. It indicates that we have moved up to our head to analyze and judge somebody rather than focus on what we are needing an…"

-Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

"All criticism, attack, insults, and judgments vanish when we focus attention on hearing the feelings and needs behind a message. The more we practice in this way, the more we realize a simple truth: …"

-Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

9. How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

By: Dale Carnegie

4.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

Learn how to break the worry habit -- Now and forever! With Dale Carnegie's timeless advice in hand… read more

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10. The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking

By: Oliver Burkeman

3.94

Format: 450 pages, ebook

A witty, fascinating, and counterintuitive read that turns decades of self-help advice on its head … read more

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11. Grace & Grit: Spirituality & Healing in the Life & Death of Treya Killam Wilber

By: Ken Wilber

4.23

Format: 187 pages, Paperback

Here is a deeply moving account of a couple's struggle with cancer and their journey to spiritual h… read more

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12. The Art of Communicating

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

2.80

Format: None pages, ebook

Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, bestselling author of Peace is Every Stepand one of the most respected … read more

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13. Liberation Day

By: George Saunders

4.00

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The "best short story writer in English" (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores i… read more

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"...or said some racist thing out loud at church..."

-George Saunders, Liberation Day

"It is always regrettable to have attracted the attention of adult son Mike."

-George Saunders, Liberation Day

" You are trapped in you, the beam said. Yeah, well, who isn’t? she thought."

-George Saunders, Liberation Day

"It was always falling down around you, everything has always been falling down around us. Only we were too alive to notice."

-George Saunders, Liberation Day

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14. Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough

By: Michael Easter

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Reveals the biological and evolutionary foundations behind your brain’… read more

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"Embrace short-term discomfort to find a long-term benefit."

-Michael Easter, Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough

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15. Being Aware of Being Aware (The Essence of Meditation Series)

By: Rupert Spira

4.32

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Everybody is aware, all seven billion of us. We are aware of thoughts, feelings, sensations, and pe… read more

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  • buddhism
  • spirituality
"Awareness is inherently whole, complete and fulfilled in itself. Thus its nature is happiness itself--not a happiness that depends upon the condition of the mind, body or world, but a causeless joy t…"

-Rupert Spira, Being Aware of Being Aware (The Essence of Meditation Series)

"Our true nature of eternal, infinite awareness is never completely forgotten or eclipsed by objective experience. However agitated or numbed objective experience may have rendered our mind, the memor…"

-Rupert Spira, Being Aware of Being Aware (The Essence of Meditation Series)

"The apparently separate self or finite ‘I’ around whom all experience revolves is the true and only ‘I’ of eternal, infinite awareness – the ‘I’ of God’s infinite, self-aware being that shines in eac…"

-Rupert Spira, Being Aware of Being Aware (The Essence of Meditation Series)

"a mind that is accustomed to repeatedly dissolving in its source or essence becomes progressively saturated with its inherent peace. When such a mind rises again from the ocean of awareness, its acti…"

-Rupert Spira, Being Aware of Being Aware (The Essence of Meditation Series)

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16. No Self, No Problem: How Neuropsychology Is Catching Up to Buddhism (The No Self Wisdom Series)

By: Chris Niebauer

4.26

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

While in grad school in the early 1990s, Chris Niebauer began to notice striking parallels between … read more

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  • buddhism
  • spirituality
"Perhaps the reason we can't find the self in the brain is because it isn't there."

-Chris Niebauer, No Self, No Problem: How Neuropsychology Is Catching Up to Buddhism (The No Self Wisdom Series)

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17. Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine

By: Robert H. Lustig

4.28

Format: 416 pages, ebook

An urgent manifesto and strategy to cure both us and the planet.Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric neur… read more

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18. The Crossover Experience / Life after Death is Real

By: D.J. Kadagian

4.40

Format: 340 pages, ebook

While it might appear to be a bold statement, it is reasonable to conclude that all of the major co… read more

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19. The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life

By: Paul Millerd

4.00

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

With 40k global sales, The Pathless Path has become a surprise best-seller. The book has received a… read more

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20. Sober On A Drunk Planet: Giving Up Alcohol (Quit lit, #1)

By: Sean Alexander

3.97

Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition

The Unexpected Shortcut to Finding Happiness, Health and Financial Freedom What are the most min… read more

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21. One Blade Of Grass: Finding the Old Road of the Heart, a Zen Memoir

By: Henry Shukman

4.31

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

One Blade of Grass tells the story of how meditation practice helped Henry Shukman to recover from … read more

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  • buddhism
  • spirituality
"I’d learned what the word 'happy' meant. It meant there was no weight in your belly, and if you asked yourself how you felt, the answer spontaneously came back: good ."

-Henry Shukman, One Blade Of Grass: Finding the Old Road of the Heart, a Zen Memoir

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22. The Open Secret

By: Tony Parsons

4.24

Format: 50 pages, Paperback

Throughout my early life I felt that there was another possibility which, once realised, would tran… read more

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  • buddhism
  • spirituality
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23. Essence Revisited: Slipping Past the Shadows of Illusion

By: Darryl Bailey

4.60

Format: 127 pages, Kindle Edition

Statements such as "there is no self," or "there is only God" are very simple descriptions of ordin… read more

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  • spirituality
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24. The Most Important Thing: Discovering Truth at the Heart of Life

By: Adyashanti

4.46

Format: 166 pages, Kindle Edition

From esteemed teacher Adyashanti, a collection of writings on the search for the ultimate reality b… read more

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  • buddhism
  • spirituality
"Thinking is something and then feeling it are two different reference points for most human beings: If I think it and I feel it, then it is real. But it does not take much reflection to acknowledge w…"

-Adyashanti, The Most Important Thing: Discovering Truth at the Heart of Life

"The thought is not the thing that it represents. Try to get that right down to your core, right down to the marrow in your bones and into the blood that flows through your veins: the thought is not t…"

-Adyashanti, The Most Important Thing: Discovering Truth at the Heart of Life

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25. Oneness: The Destination You Never Left

By: John Greven

4.43

Format: 92 pages, Kindle Edition

What have you been missing? In Oneness, author John Greven invites readers to see the world as it r… read more

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  • spirituality
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26. Presence- Awareness: just this nothing else

By: Sailor Bob Adamson

4.60

Format: 150 pages, Kindle Edition

The dialogues contained in this book are a testimony to 'Sailor' Bob Adamson's wisdom and clarity i… read more

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  • spirituality
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27. Already Awake: Dialogues with Nathan Gill

By: Nathan Gill

4.57

Format: 166 pages, Kindle Edition

Nathan Gill is a rare voice in contemporary spirituality. Speaking with consistent clarity, he poin… read more

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28. Awakening to the Dream: The Gift of Lucid Living

By: Leo Hartong

4.40

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

For centuries, philosophers and theologians have pondered questions such as Who are we? and What is… read more

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  • spirituality
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29. Nothing to Grasp

By: Joan Tollifson

4.53

Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition

This book points relentlessly to what is most obvious and impossible to the ever-present, ever-cha… read more

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  • buddhism
  • spirituality
"You're not going anywhere."

-Joan Tollifson, Nothing to Grasp

"Every instant is a new universe."

-Joan Tollifson, Nothing to Grasp

"Presence is not an object. It is the openness that beholds it all."

-Joan Tollifson, Nothing to Grasp

"Once people start identifying themselves or others as “permanently enlightened people,"

-Joan Tollifson, Nothing to Grasp

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30. The Unbelievable Happiness of What Is: Beyond Belief to Love, Fulfillment, and Spiritual Awakening

By: Jon Bernie

4.30

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

What do you really want—isn’t it happiness? And what keeps you from being happy? Could it be that y… read more

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  • spirituality
"Question what you think is enlightenment."

-Jon Bernie, The Unbelievable Happiness of What Is: Beyond Belief to Love, Fulfillment, and Spiritual Awakening

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31. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts

By: Oliver Burkeman

4.51

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

From Oliver Burkeman, author of the New York Times bestseller Four Thousand Weeks, a four-week jour… read more

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  • spirituality

16 must-read spirituality books like Nothing to Grasp by Joan Tollifson

Transform Your Habits

The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship: A Toltec Wisdom Book

Miguel Ruiz

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening

Joseph Goldstein

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It

Kamal Ravikant

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Dharma Road: A Short Cab Ride to Self Discovery

Brian Haycock

4.20

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16 must-read nonfiction books like Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall B. Rosenberg, Arun Gandhi

Transform Your Habits

The Cow in the Parking Lot: A Zen Approach to Overcoming Anger

Leonard Scheff , Susan Edmiston

3.00

Transform Your Habits

Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

Marshall B. Rosenberg , Arun Gandhi

4.34

Transform Your Habits

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

Lindsay C. Gibson

4.39

Transform Your Habits

How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

David Brooks

4.14

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