A Brief Suggested Reading List

Introductory

By His Holiness the Dalai Lama:

  • Kindness, Clarity and Insight

  • Ethics for the New Millennium

  • Lighting the Way

  • Open Heart (ed. by Ven. Nicholas Vreeland)

  • A Profound Mind (ed. by Ven. Nicholas Vreeland)

  • The Life of My Teacher: A Biography of Kyabjé Ling Rinpoché

My Life and Lives
By Rato Khyongla Rinpoche

Basic Classics

Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (Lam Rim Chenmo, 3 vols.)
By Tsongkhapa

A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life (Bodhicaryavatara)
By Shantideva

The Precious Garland
By Nagarjuna

Mind Training Like the Rays of the Sun
By Nam Kha Pel

Buddhism and Science

Balancing the Mind
By B. Alan Wallace

Gentle Bridges
Conversations with the Dalai Lama on Mind Science

Ed. Jeremy Hayward, Francisco Varela

Destructive Emotions
By Daniel Goleman