Recommended books
Treasures from Juniper Ridge: The Profound Instructions of Padmasambhava to the Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal
Ken McLeod {any of his books: with the suggestion you read from earlier to most current}
- Reflections on Silver River: Tokmé Zongpo’s Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva
- A Trackless Path: A Commentary on the Great Completion (Dzogchen) Teaching of Jigmé Lingpa’s Revelations of Ever-Present Good
- The Magic of Vajrayana
- An Arrow to the Heart: A Commentary on the Heart Sutra
Pema Chödrön
- When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
- Be Grateful to Everyone: An In-Depth Guide to the Practice of Lojong
- How We Live Is How We Die
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou
Learning Cherokee Ways (the Ywahoo Path) by Dhyani Ywahoo
No Death, No Fear by Thích Nhất Hạnh
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
The Four Agreements and Beyond Fear by Don Miguel Ruiz
Pathways to Bliss by Joseph Campbell (and any others that draw you to them)
My Stroke of Insight..(a brain scientist’s personal journey) by Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D
Who Dies? by Stephen and Ondrea Levine