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Books referenced by Arahant Daniel M. Ingram in MCTB2
  • This is not 100% complete and I have editorialized with a focus on removing:
    • References to the Suttas, Nikāya, Jataka, Udana, Dhammapada or Vinaya.
    • Works of fiction that I felt had little dharmic relevance (e.g. Harry Potter and The Unbearable Lightness of Being etc.).
  • Many of these books can be found for free online (legally). I have started adding a few links.
  • The table is sorted by Title.
  • Some of these recommendations can also be found at https://www.integrateddaniel.info/book-list.
Author Title
Bhikkhu Bodhi A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma
Sharon Salzberg A Heart as Wide as the World
Ācariya Anuruddha A Manual of Abhidhamma / Abhidhammattha-saṅgaha
Sayadaw U Jotika A Map of the Journey
Jack Kornfield A Path with Heart
Achaan Chah A Still Forest Pool
Jack Kornfield After the Ecstasy, the Laundry
Asanga Bodhisattvabhumi
Paravahera Vajiranana Mahathera Buddhist Meditation in Theory and Practice
Dakpo Tashi Namgyal Clarifying the Natural State
Phil Hine Condensed Chaos An Introduction To Chaos Magic
Chögyam Trungpa Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
Gary Zukav Dancing Wu Li Masters
St. John of the Cross Dark Night of the Soul
Venerable Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche Dharma Paths
B. Alan Wallace Dreaming Yourself Awake: Lucid Dreaming and Tibetan Dream Yoga for Insight and Transformation
Charles T. Tart End of Materialism
Jay Michaelson Evolving Dharma: Meditation, Buddhism, and the Next Generation of Enlightenment
Shinzen Young Five Ways to Know Yourself
Thich Nhat Hanh For a Future to be Possible
Nyanaponika Thera, Hellmuth Hecker, Bhikkhu Bodhi Great Disciples of the Buddha, Their Lives, Their Works, Their Legacy
Robert Harry Hover How to Direct the Life Force to Dispel Mild Aches and Pains
Nisargadatta Maharaji I Am That
Sayadaw U Pandita In This Very Life
Ken Wilber Integral Spirituality
Robert Harry Hover Internal Moving Healing Manual of Instruction: Stopping Your Pain & Other Unpleasant Things
Lama Yeshe Introduction to Tantra
Ibn Arabi Journey to the Lord of Power: A Sufi Manual on Retreat
Chögyam Trungpa Journey without Goal
Pabongka Rinpoche Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand
Padmasambhava, Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche the Great Light of Wisdom
Christopher Titmuss Light on Enlightenment
Jack Kornfield Living Dharma
Sharon Salzberg Loving-kindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness,
John Stevens Lust for Enlightenment: Buddhism and Sex
Aleister Crowley Magick without Tears
Sam Vaknin Malignant Self Love: Narcissism Revisited
Viktor E. Frankl Man's Search for Meaning
Mahasi Sayadaw Manual of Insight
Ñanamoli Thera Metta: As Taught by the Buddha in the Pali Canon
Bhante Gunaratana Mindfulness in Plain English
Donald Michael Kraig Modern Magick
Zen Master Dogen Moon in a Dewdrop
Sayadaw U Pandita On the Path to Freedom
Daniel Brown Pointing Out the Great Way
Mahasi Sayadaw Practical Insight Meditation
Leigh Brasington Right Concentration: A Practical Guide to the Jhanas
Bill Hamilton Saints & Psychopaths
Mike Crowley Secret Drugs of Buddhism
Reginald Ray Secret of the Vajra World
Rupert Sheldrake Sense of Being Stared At
Loch Kelly Shift into Freedom
Dalai Lama Sleeping, Dreaming, and Dying: An Exploration of Consciousness with the Dalai Lama
Pema Chödrön Start Where You Are
Matthew Flickstein Swallowing the River Ganges
Ian Stewart TA Today: A New Introduction to Transactional Analysis
Ajahn Sumedho Teachings of a Buddhist Monk
The 31 Planes of Existence
Oliver Burkeman The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
Carlos Castaneda The Art of Dreaming
Nyanatiloka Mahathera The Buddha's Path to Deliverance
Gary Zukav The Dancing Wu Li Masters
Shannon Stein, Daniel M. Ingram The Fire Kasina
Lynne McTaggart The Intention Experiment
Gampopa The Jewel Ornament of Liberation
Bhante Gunaratana The Jhanas in Theravada Buddhist Meditation
Culadasa The Mind Illuminated
Chögyam Trungpa The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation
Bhante Gunaratana The Path of Serenity and Insight
Mahasi Sayadaw The Progress of Insight
Tsai Chih Chung The Roots of Wisdom
Shinzen Young The Science of Enlightenment
Ken Wilber The Spectrum of Consciousness
Mark Manson The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Lobsang Rampa The Third Eye
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep
Padmasambhava Tibetan Book of the Dead
Robert Buswell Jr. Tracing Back the Radiance
Chögyam Trungpa Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness
Chögyam Trungpa Transcending Madness: The Experience of the Six Bardos
Alan Guiden Traveling: An Accidental Expert's How to Leave Your Body Handbook
Arahant Upatissa Vimuttimagga / The Path of Freedom
Buddhaghosa Visuddhimagga / The Path of Purification
Pema Chödrön When Things Fall Apart
Shaila Catherine Wisdom Wide and Deep: A Practical Handbook for Mastering Jhana and Vipassana
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Wonders of the Natural Mind
Shunryu Suzuki Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
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