Books
The books below are some of our favorite books covering Buddhist topics. If you’re interested in learning more about Shin Buddhism or Buddhism in general, these books are a great place to start.
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Longmont Buddhist Book Club and Conversation Group
The Longmont Buddhist Book Club and Conversation Group enjoys meeting monthly to discuss a book. The books below are ones we have read or are currently reading.
The Buddhist Book Club and Conversation Group will be discussing this book beginning October 21, 2024:
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The Buddhist Book Club and Conversation Group finished reading/discussing this book September 2024
SHIN BUDDHIST BOOKS
These Shin Buddhist books are available for purchase at the Longmont Buddhist Temple or online using the affiliate links provided:
- Zen-Shin Talks by Koshin Ogui
- Jodo Shinshu – A Guide by the Hongwanji
- Buddhism and Jodo Shinshu by the Buddhist Churches of America
- Shin Buddhism by D.T. Suzuki
- Dharma Breeze by Nobuo Haneda
- Thank You: Namo Amida Butsu by Chijun Yakumo
- Shinshu Seiten, Jodo Shin Buddhist Teaching by The Buddhist Churches of America
- A New Found Horizon, The Life of Shinran Shonin by Grace McLeod
- Jodo Shinshu: A Religion of Human Experience by Haruo Yamaoka
OTHER BOOKS OF INTEREST
- Happiness by Matthieu Ricard
- The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh
- Be an Island – The Buddhist Practice of Inner Peace by Ayya Khema
- Letting Go of the Person You Used to Be by Lama Surya Das
- Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain by Sharon Begley
- Ocean by Kenneth K. Tanaka
- What Makes You Not a Buddhist by D. Jangyang Khyentse
- Buddha for Beginners by Stephen T. Asma
- Being Nobody, Going Nowhere by Ayya Khena
- The Places That Scare You by Pema Chodron
- Buddhism for Mothers: A Calm Approach to Caring for Yourself and Your Children: by Sarah Napthali
OTHER BOOKS AT THE LIBRARY
- How to Practice Zazen by the Institute for Zen Studies
- A Glimpse into the Supreme Science of the Buddha by Egerton C. Baptist
- Everyday Suchness by Gyomay M. Kubose
- American Buddhism, A New Direction by the Venerable Gyomay M. Kubose
- The Myth of Freedom by Chogyam Trungpa
- The Buddha and His Teaching by Ernest Hunt
- Naturalness by Kenryo Kanamatsu
- Buddhism by Christmas Humphreys
- Why Pursue the Buddha by Gibun Kimura
- The Gospel of Buddha by Paul Carus
- The Zen Teaching of Rinzai by Irmgard Schloegl
- The Heart of the Buddha-Dharma by Kenryu T. Tsuji
- The Wheel of Death by Philip Kapleau
- A Simple Path by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
- Tariki – Embracing Despair, Discovering Peace by Hiroyuki Itsuki
- The Art of Happiness by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler
- How to Practice by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
- The Teaching of Buddha by Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai
- River of Fire, River of Water by Taitetsu Unno
- Shambala, The Sacred Path of the Warrior by Chogyam Trungpa
- Buddhist Women On the Edge by Marianne Dresser
- Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
- Carrying the Torch of Mahayana Buddhism by the Seattle Buddhist Church
- A Guide to Buddhism by the International Buddhist Exchange Center
- America’s Concentration Camps by Allan R. Bosworth
- The Spirit of Buddhism Today by Koin Takada
- The Essence of Buddhism by John Walters
- Lotus in a Sea of Fire by Thich Nhat Hanh
- An Outline of Buddhism by Takashi Tsuji
- Buddha’s Words of Wisdom by G.F. Allen
- Zen Buddhism by The Peter Pauper Press
- Zen Dictionary by Ernest Wood