Selected Readings & Links

Since transitioning to our online format, the Prairie Sangha has read and discussed excerpts from selected texts and talks, including the following:

  • “My Path to Becoming a Buddhist” by Emma Slade

  • “Five Hindrances to Self-Mastery” by Master Shi Heng Yi

  • The Noble Eightfold Path: Way to the End of Suffering by Bikkhu Bodhi

  • Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana

  • A Whole-Life Path: A Lay Buddhist’s Guide to Crafting a Dhamma-Infused Life by Gregory Kramer

  • Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems, edited by Phyllis Cole-Dai and Ruby Wilson

  • “Compassion in Action” by Ram Dass

  • “Radical Self-Compassion” by Tara Brach

  • The Places that Scare You by Pema Chödrön

  • No Time Like the Present by Jack Kornfield

  • One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism by Joseph Goldstein

  • The Experience of Insight by Joseph Goldstein

  • “Unlimited Friendliness” from Taking the Leap by Pema Chödrön

  • Living in the Light of Death: On the Art of Being Truly Alive by Larry Rosenberg

  • When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön

  • The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh

  • Everyday MInd: 366 Reflections on the Buddhist Path, edited by Jean Smith

  • Elements of Buddhism by John Snelling

  • Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom by Joseph Goldstein

  • Nothing Special: Living Zen by Charlotte Joko Beck

Updated December 5, 2020