Books by Jon Kabat-Zinn

Full Catastrophe Living:
Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to
Face Stress, Pain, and Illness

"Kabat-Zinn is founder and director of the stress reduction program at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. The author focuses on the advantages of employing "practiced mindfulness" to control and calm our responses without blunting our feelings--and a more convincing introduction to the many modes and uses of meditation could hardly be imagined..."

Wherever You Go, There You Are:
Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

"Kabat-Zinn here urges readers to practice "mindfulness," a more than 2000-year-old Buddhist method of living fully in the present, observing ourselves, our feeling, others and our surroundings without judging them..."

Books by Thich Nhat Hanh

The Miracle of Mindfulness

"Thich Nhat Hanh has a beautifully simple, wonderfully direct manner of communicating the need to live mindfully, and using the practice of meditation as a means for becoming more mindful. Living in exile in Paris, this humble Vietnamese monk has worked tirelessly for decades, living his religion of compassion for the poor and orphaned in his native Vietnam..."

Finding Our True Home : Living in the Pure Land Here and Now

"This new and definitive translation of the Amitabha Sutra unlocks one of the deepest concepts of Buddhism: Happiness cannot exist without suffering. In Finding Out True Home,Thich Nhat Hanh skillfully melds mindfulness practice and Pure Land Buddhism in his commentary and shows the relevance of the practice for people of all faiths. Everyone has the desire to create and live in an environment that is a "Pure Land"—a place of peace and harmony..."

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

"In a series of vignettes and short passages, e.g., "Cooking Our Potatoes," Nhat Hanh outlines techniques for living mindfullly, that is, in the present. Emphasizing that all things are interconnected on personal and political levels, he notes, for example, that the wealth of one society is based on the poverty of others. This book of illuminating reminders bids us to reorient the way we look at the world, turning away from a goal-driven, me-first modality toward a humanitarian perspective..."

Anger

"Anger can be one of the most frustrating emotions, carrying us headlong away from ourselves and depositing us into separation and dismay. Vietnamese monk and world teacher Thich Nhat Hanh tackles this most difficult of emotions in Anger. A master at putting complex ideas into simple, colorful packages, Nhat Hanh tells us that, fundamentally, to be angry is to suffer, and that it is our responsibility to alleviate our own suffering. "

Books by Lama Surya Das

Awakening the Buddha Within : Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World

"In Awakening the Buddha Within, Lama Surya Das borrows a time-tested bestseller format for a 2,500-year-old tradition that comes off as anything but ancient. With the "Five T's of Concentration," the question of "need or greed," and the story of the monk who bares his backside to prove a point, Surya Das invokes a path of wisdom that is as accessible and down-to-earth as a worn pair of loafers. It's not an easy path--it demands thought, effort, and discipline..."

Awakening to the Sacred : Creating a Personal Spiritual Life

"In Awakening to the Sacred, Surya Das heightens his efforts to increase the planet's spirituality quotient by teaching people how to take advantage of their own spiritual resources. Whether Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, or atheist, we can all enhance our spiritual side. Certainly meditating is a good way, and there's no one better to teach us than this limpid lama..."

Letting Go of the Person You Used to Be : Lessons on Change, Loss, and Spiritual Transformation

"Das explores the losses and changes that inevitably mark our lives. He argues that what is important is not that difficult things happen, but how we deal with them. Pure detachment from loss and sorrow is not sufficient, he says; the goal is non-attachment to circumstances that are by nature impermanent. Despite losses and pain, we still need to be fully engaged with the world..."

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