10 best-selling nonfiction books like Becoming Bodhisattvas: A Guidebook for Compassionate Action by Pema Chödrön

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Becoming Bodhisattvas: A Guidebook for Compassionate Action

By: Pema Chödrön

4.40

Format: 386 pages, Paperback

Best-selling American Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön presents a friendly and encouraging guide to spirit…

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1. 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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"Waves are the practice of the water."

-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

"Sincerity itself is the railroad track."

-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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2. Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why

By: Laurence Gonzales

4.00

Format: None pages,

In Deep Survival, Laurence Gonzales combines hard science and powerful storytelling to illustrate t… read more

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  • nonfiction
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3. Living Buddha, Living Christ

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

4.37

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

When you are a truly happy Christian, you are also a Buddhist. And vice versa." -- Thich Nhat Hanh … read more

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  • philosophy
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4. Become What You Are

By: Alan W. Watts , Mark Watts

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Life exists only at this very moment, and in this moment it is infinite and eternal. For the prese… read more

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5. Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

3.70

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

An exciting contribution to the growing trend of applying Buddhist practices to encourage wellness … read more

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6. 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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7. The Way of the Bodhisattva: A Translation of the Bodhicharyavatara

By: Dalai Lama XIV , Padmakara Translation Group , Śāntideva

3.96

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

One of the great classics of Mahayana Buddhism, The Way of the Bodhisattva ( Bodhicharyavatara) is … read more

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8. Endgame, Vol. 1: The Problem of Civilization

By: Derrick Jensen

3.99

Format: None pages,

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9. Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love

By: Sue Johnson

4.50

Format: 158 pages, Hardcover

Heralded by the New York Timesand Timeas the couples therapy with the highest rate of success, Emot… read more

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10. Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart: A Buddhist Perspective on Wholeness

By: None , Mark Epstein

4.04

Format: 226 pages,

For decades, Western psychology has promised fulfillment through building and strengthening the ego… read more

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11. Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are

By: Jack Kornfield , Daniel J. Siegel

2.18

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

If you want to find inner peace and wisdom, you don't need to move to an ashram or monastery. Your … read more

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12. Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior

By: Chögyam Trungpa , Carolyn Rose Gimian

3.44

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

In this practical guide to enlightened living, Chogyam Trungpa offers an inspiring vision for our t… read more

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13. Heat 2

By: Michael Mann

4.26

Format: 470 pages, Hardcover

Michael Mann, four-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker and writer-director of Heat, Collateral, Thief, M… read more

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14. Bewilderment

By: Richard Powers

3.92

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. A heartrending new novel from the … read more

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"Someday we'll learn again how to train on this living place, and holding still will be like flying."

-Richard Powers, Bewilderment

"Life is something we need to stop correcting. My boy was a pocket universe I could never hope to fathom."

-Richard Powers, Bewilderment

"He wanted drama and showdown and righteous calls for justice from concerned citizens. Instead, he got America."

-Richard Powers, Bewilderment

"Apparently God had made life on one planet only, and only one country of that planet's dominant species needed to manage it."

-Richard Powers, Bewilderment

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15. Untangled: Walking the Eightfold Path to Clarity, Courage, and Compassion

By: Koshin Paley Ellison

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Though we are seemingly more connected to our world than ever before, many of us cannot ignore a na… read more

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16. 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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17. Fellowship Point

By: Alice Elliott Dark

4.07

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated children’s book author Agnes Lee is determined to secure her legacy—to complete what she… read more

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"I had been judicious in my warnings and instructions, phrasing them so as not to scare her, or inhibit her. I'm determined not to teach her to fear everything, as we were taught, or that manners are …"

-Alice Elliott Dark, Fellowship Point

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18. You Belong: A Call for Connection

By: Sebene Selassie

4.26

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From much-admired meditation expert and Western Buddhist thought leader, You Belong is a social and… read more

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19. Becoming Bodhisattvas: A Guidebook for Compassionate Action

By: Pema Chödrön

4.40

Format: 386 pages, Paperback

Best-selling American Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön presents a friendly and encouraging guide to spirit… read more

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20. Your Heart Was Made for This: Contemplative Practices for Meeting a World in Crisis with Courage, Integrity, and Love

By: Oren Jay Sofer

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A practical roadmap to cultivating the heart’s capacity to face and transform our greatest challeng… read more

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21. Everyday Buddhism: Real-Life Buddhist Teachings & Practices For Real Change

By: Wendy Haylett

4.43

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

Beyond an introduction and beyond mindfulness alone, plunge deeper into the transforming wisdom at … read more

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6 Top philosophy books like Becoming Bodhisattvas: A Guidebook for Compassionate Action by Pema Chödrön

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

Living Buddha, Living Christ

Thich Nhat Hanh

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Become What You Are

Alan W. Watts , Mark Watts

5.00

Transform Your Habits

Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child

Thich Nhat Hanh

3.70

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14 best-selling philosophy books like Living Buddha, Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hanh

Transform Your Habits

Paths to God: Living the Bhagavad Gita

Ram Dass , Richard Alpert

4.47

Transform Your Habits

What the Buddha Taught

Walpola Rahula , None

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See

Richard Rohr

4.26

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Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness (Shambhala Library)

Sharon Salzberg , Jon Kabat-Zinn

4.20

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