11 must-read philosophy books like The Sun My Heart by Thich Nhat Hanh

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The Sun My Heart

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

4.22

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

In this sequel to The Miracle of Mindfulness,Thich Nhat Hanh draws on psychology, philosophy, and c…

If you liked the philosophy plot in The Sun My Heart by Thich Nhat Hanh , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Les derniers jours de nos pères

By: Joël Dicker

3.83

Format: 333 pages, Paperback

Londres, 1940 Soucieux de pallier l'anéantissement de l'armée britannique à Dunkerque, Winston Chu… read more

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"Il sogno permette a chiunque di sopravvivere. Chi sogna non muore mai, perché non dispera mai. Sognare significa sperare."

-Joël Dicker, Les derniers jours de nos pères

"-Siento todo este desbarajuste-. No era lo previsto ¿sabe? o quizás si. Ya no lo se. Ahora volverán ustedes a ser un pueblo libre, debería desearle buena suerte en su nueva vida... Pero la vida, seño…"

-Joël Dicker, Les derniers jours de nos pères

"No, quella non era niente. Io parlo della paura ce ti stritola, che ti fa dormire male, vivere male, mangiare male. Che non ti dà tregua. La paura vera è quella dei braccati, dei perseguitati, dei ri…"

-Joël Dicker, Les derniers jours de nos pères

"Vedrai, la cosa peggiore non sono i tedeschi né l'Abwehr; la cosa peggiore è l'umanità. Perché se dovessimo temere solo i nazisti sarebbe facile: i crucchi li riconosci a distanza, con il loro naso p…"

-Joël Dicker, Les derniers jours de nos pères

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2. Courage Under Fire: Testing Epictetus's Doctrines in a Laboratory of Human Behavior (Hoover Essays)

By: James B. Stockdale

4.30

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

When physical disability from combat wounds brought about Jim Stockdale's early retirement from mil… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"After ejection I had about thirty seconds to make my last statement in freedom before I landed in the main street of a little village right ahead. And so help me, I whispered to myself: "Five years d…"

-James B. Stockdale, Courage Under Fire: Testing Epictetus's Doctrines in a Laboratory of Human Behavior (Hoover Essays)

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3. 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
  • zen
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • 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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4. 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
  • zen
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"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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5. 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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  • buddhism
  • zen
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"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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6. Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1)

By: Yukio Mishima , Michael Gallagher , Michael Gallagher

4.16

Format: 389 pages, Paperback

Tokyo, 1912. The closed world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by ou… read more

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"إن جوهر أي إرادة هو الرغبة في التأثير في التاريخ"

-Yukio Mishima, Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1)

"My happiness lies in your hands. Be careful with it, won’t you?"

-Yukio Mishima, Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1)

"الرجال لا يفكرون إلا في المال و النساء،لقد نسوا كل ما يليق بالرجل"

-Yukio Mishima, Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1)

"Just now I had a dream. I'll see you again. I know it. Beneath the falls."

-Yukio Mishima, Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1)

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7. Timequake

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

2.57

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

Think of Timequake, Kurt Vonnegut's 19th and last novel (or so he says), as a victory lap. It's a c… read more

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8. Everyday Zen: Love and Work

By: Charlotte Joko Beck

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

A Zen guide to the problems of daily living, love, relationships, work, fear and suffering. Combini… read more

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  • buddhism
  • zen
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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9. Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way

By: Richard Branson

3.77

Format: 67 pages,

"Oh, screw it, let's do it." That's the philosophy that has allowed Richard Branson, in slightly mo… read more

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  • nonfiction
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10. The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection

By: Michael A. Singer

3.38

Format: None pages, Paperback

From the author of the New York Times #1 bestseller The Untethered Soul comes this thought-provokin… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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11. The Sun My Heart

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

4.22

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

In this sequel to The Miracle of Mindfulness,Thich Nhat Hanh draws on psychology, philosophy, and c… read more

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  • poetry
  • buddhism
  • zen
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality

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. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

By: Cal Newport

3.82

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this sk… read more

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14. The Path: What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About the Good Life

By: Christine Gross-Loh , Michael Puett

3.19

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

**International Bestseller** For the first time an award-winning Harvard professor shares his wildl… read more

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15. Siddhartha

By: Hermann Hesse , Hilda Rosner

3.17

Format: 319 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Siddhartha Este libro electronico tiene una mesa activa de los contenidos Siddhartha es una novela … read more

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16. The Tao of Pooh

By: Benjamin Hoff , Ernest H. Shepard

4.01

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

The Wisdom of Pooh. Is there such thing as a Western Taoist? Benjamin Hoff says there is, and th… read more

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  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"I think, therefore I am... confused."

-Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

"If people were Superior to Animals, they'd take better care of the world"

-Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

"The wise are who they are. They work with what they've got and do what they can do."

-Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

"No matter how useful we may be, sometimes it takes us a while to recognize our own value."

-Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

17. Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice

By: Shohaku Okumura , Thomas Wright , Kosho Uchiyama , None

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

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18. The Fifth Agreement: A Practical Guide to Self-Mastery

By: Miguel Ruiz , None

4.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Since 1997, The Four Agreementshas transformed the lives of millions of people around the world wit… read more

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19. Hiểu về trái tim

By: None

3.97

Format: None pages, Paperback

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20. Let the Circle Be Unbroken

By: Mildred D. Taylor

3.15

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

A sequel to the universally acclaimed Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry,continuing in the story of the L… read more

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21. Stillness Speaks

By: Eckhart Tolle

4.18

Format: 411 pages,

Ekkhart Tole e s'vremenen dukhoven uchitel, koito ne prinadlezhi k'm nikoia konkretna religiia ili … read more

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22. Le goûter du lion

By: Ito Ogawa

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Ce qui fait de ce livre grave et pudique un roman solaire, c’est d’abord le lieu : l’île aux citro… read more

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23. The PARA Method: Simplify, Organize, and Master Your Digital Life

By: Tiago Forte

4.10

Format: 203 pages, Kindle Edition

This accessible guide expands upon the “well-written, cogent, and useful” (David Allen, author of G… read more

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  • nonfiction
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24. In Limbo

By: Deb J.J. Lee

4.18

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

A debut YA graphic memoir about a Korean-American girl's coming-of-age story—and a coming home stor… read more

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  • nonfiction
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25. Chances Are...

By: Richard Russo

3.70

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning Richard Russo--in his first stand-alone novel in a decade--comes a … read more

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"The only thing a warrior cannot fight is her own fierce nature."

-Richard Russo, Chances Are...

"Fear is what makes us human and it is in overcoming fear that we show our strength."

-Richard Russo, Chances Are...

"I don't know this song. They haven't taught me it to us at school." " When in doubt, just do what I do, Robs. Hum if you don't know the words"

-Richard Russo, Chances Are...

"Bang, bang, bang. Bang, bang, bang. It seemed that only policemen and social workers—people who wanted to take you away—announced their arrival in that way."

-Richard Russo, Chances Are...

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26. Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

By: Shane Parrish

4.21

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFew things will change your trajectory in life or business as m… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"Our desire to feel right overpowers our desire to be right."

-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

"The social rewards for going with the crowd are felt long before the benefits of going against it are gained."

-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

"Most people go through life assuming that we’re right about everything all the time and that people who don’t see things our way are wrong. We mistake how we want the world to be with how it actually…"

-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

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27. Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto

By: Tricia Hersey

4.08

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Far too many of us have claimed productivity as the cornerstone of success. Brainwashed by capitali… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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28. Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet

By: George Monbiot

4.41

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

"This remarkable book, staring curiously down at the soil beneath our feet, points us convincingly … read more

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  • nonfiction
"Charity is what happens when government fails."

-George Monbiot, Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet

"Obesity is a communicable disease. Its vectors are corporations."

-George Monbiot, Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet

"Campaigners, chefs, and food writers rail against “intensive farming,"

-George Monbiot, Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet

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29. In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying

By: Yongey Mingyur

4.30

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

At thirty-six years old, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche was a rising star within his generation of Tibetan… read more

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  • buddhism
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"Actually, everything is in-between."

-Yongey Mingyur, In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying

"No separate me loved the world. The world was love. My perfect home. Vast and intimate. Every particle was alive with love, fluid, flowing, without barriers."

-Yongey Mingyur, In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying

"To approach the finality of our bodies while paying no attention to the mini-deaths of daily life is like confusing diamonds with pebbles and throwing them away."

-Yongey Mingyur, In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying

"It [mind of absolute reality] is everywhere and nowhere. It’s somewhat like sky—so completely integrated with our existence that we never stop to question its reality or to recognize its qualities."

-Yongey Mingyur, In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying

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30. Spring Rain

By: Marc Hamer

4.36

Format: 222 pages, Hardcover

This is a story about the rain, a boy, an angry dog and a gardener, and how some of them find peace… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"When I look at the past I do it in the present, it becomes the present and I don't have any desire to cling to it. I make the three piles of stuff that we have all made at some time: a pile to keep, …"

-Marc Hamer, Spring Rain

"I bought a narrow blue one with white spots and square ends, took off my long-striped tie and rolled it up in my top jacket pocket, leaving a bit sticking out. After a few attempts at the speckled mi…"

-Marc Hamer, Spring Rain

Cover of Real Life: The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom by Sharon Salzberg

31. Real Life: The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom

By: Sharon Salzberg

4.22

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Merging the insights of inspiring voices with her own understanding of mindfulness, New York Times … read more

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  • buddhism
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality

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Transform Your Habits

Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

Chögyam Trungpa

4.22

Transform Your Habits

What the Buddha Taught

Walpola Rahula , None

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Everyday Zen: Love and Work

Charlotte Joko Beck

4.00

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Thich Nhat Hanh

4.22

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Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet

Hannah Ritchie

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shape

Henry Dimbleby

4.39

Transform Your Habits

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George Monbiot

4.41

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Jason Hickel

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