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The books listed below have all been enjoyed by us and others who have suggested them. Please email us when you particularly enjoy a book and think it might be listed here.

This book list is divided into sections:

Transpersonal Psychology
General Buddhist Studies
Zen Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism
Buddhism and Psychoanalysis
Psychotherapy and Mindfulness
General Contemplative Reading
 

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Transpersonal Psychology

Transpersonal Psychotherapy, theory and practice*
Ed. Nigel Wellings and Elizabeth Wilde McCormick
Continuum 2000

Transformations of Consciousness
Ken Wilber, Jack Engler and Daniel P. Brown
Shambhala 1986

The Atman Project
Ken Wilber
Quest Books 1980

No Boundary, Eastern and Western Approaches to Personal Growth
Ken Wilber
Shambhala 1981

Up from Eden
Ken Wilber
Shambhala 1996

The Essential Ken Wilber
Ken Wilber
Shambhala1998

One Taste *
Ken Wilber
Shambhala 1999

A theory of Everything
Ken Wilber
Gateway 2001

Integral Psychology
Ken Wilber
Shambhala 2000

Eye to Eye, the Quest for a new Paradigm
Ken Wilber
Shambhala 2001

A Brief History of Everything
Ken Wilber
Shambhala 2001

Ken Wilber in Dialogue
Ed. Donald Rothberg and Sean Kelly
Quest Books1998

Paths Beyond Ego, The Transpersonal Vision
Ed. Roger Walsh M.D., Ph.D and Frances Vaughan, Ph.D.
Tarcher Putnam 1993

Textbook of Transpersonal Psychiatry and Psychology
Ed. Bruce C. Scotton M.D., Allen B. Chinen M.D. and John R. Battista M.D.
Basic Books 1996

The Varieties of Meditative Experience
Daniel Goleman
Rider 1977

Transpersonal Psychology in Psychoanalytic Perspective
Michael Washburn
Suny1994

The Ego and the Dynamic Ground
Michael Washburn
Suny 1995

Revisioning Transpersonal Theory
Jorge N. Ferrer
Suny 2002

Transpersonal Psychologies
Ed. Charles T. Tart
Routledge and Kegan Paul 1975

Transpersonal Psychotherapy
Ed. Seymour Boorstein M.D.
Science and Behaviour Books1980

The Inward Arc
Francis Vaughan
Blue Dolphin 1995

Altered States of Consciousness
Charles T. Tart
Harper Collins 1969

Realms of the Human Unconscious
Stanislav Grof M.D.
Dutton 1967

Waking Up. Overcoming obstacles to human potential
Charles T. Tart
Shambhala 1986

Approaches to Consciousness: The Marriage of Science and Mysticism
Brian L. Lancaster
Palgrave Macmillan 2004.

Transpersonal Conversations
A new series of interviews with such transpersonal greats as: Stanislav and Christina Grof, Frances Vaughan, Charles T. Tart, and others. Covers a great deal of the early history of the field and examines its underlying theoretical framework. Available at:
www.transpersonalmedia.com

General Buddhist Studies           & nbsp; Back to the top

The Awakening of the West
Stephen Batchelor
Parallax Press 1994

Buddhism Without Beliefs
Stephen Batchelor
Riverhead Books 1997

Why Buddhism
Vicki Mackenzie
Allen and Unwin 2001
Theravada Buddhism

A Path with Heart*
Jack Kornfield
Shambhala 1994

After the Ecstasy, the Laundry
Jack Kornfield
Rider 2000

Seeking the Heart of Wisdom
Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield
Shambhala1987

The Experience of Insight
Joseph Goldstein
Shambhala 1987

Insight Meditation
Joseph Goldsein
Shambhala 1993

A Heart as Wide as the World
Sharon Salzberg
Shambhala1999

The Voices of Insight
Ed, Sharon Salzberg
Shambhala2001

Breath by Breath
Larry Rosenberg
Shambhala1998

The Heart of Buddhist Meditation
Nyanaponika Thera
Samuel Weiser1965

Beyond Carl Rogers : Towards a psychotherapy for the 21st century
David Brazier
Constable Robinson 1993

Zen Therapy
David Brazier
Constable Robinson 1995

The feeling Buddha
David Brazier
Constable Robinson 1997

The New Buddhism
David Brazier
Constable Robinson 2001

In press: Who Loves Dies Well
David Brazier
Constable Robinson

Buddhist Psychology
Caroline Brazier
Constable Robinson 2003

Zen Buddhism           & nbsp; Back to the top

Zen and the Art of Psychotherapy
Robert Rosenbaum
Brunr/Mazel 1999

Breath You Are Alive*
Thich Nhat Hahn
Rider 1998

Bearing Witness, A Zen Master's Lessons in Making Peace*
Bernie Glassman
Bell Tower 1998

Zen Mind Beginner's Mind*
Sunryu Suzuki Roshi
Weatherhill 1976

Branching Streams In The Darkness
Sunryu Suzuki Roshi
California1999

Old Path White Clouds
Thich Nhat Hahn
Parallax Press1991

Transformation and Healing
Thich Nhat Hanh
Parrallax Press 1990

Anger, Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
Thich Nhat Hanh
Riverhead Books 2001

Tibetan Buddhism           & nbsp; Back to the top

Dzogchen, The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection
H.H. The Dalai Lama
Snow Lion 2000

Wonders of the Natural Mind, the essence of Dzogchen in the Native Bon Tradition.
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
Snow Lion 2000

Self-Liberation, Through Seeing With Naked Awareness.
John Myrdhin Reynolds and Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche
Snow Lion 2000

Healing Emotions, conversations with the Dalai Lama on mindfulness, emotions and health.
Ed. Daniel Goleman
Shambhala 1997

The Stages of A-Krid Meditation, Dzogchen Practice of the Bon Tradition.
Trans. Per Kvaerne and Thupten K. Rikey
Library of Tibetan Works and Archives 1996

The Crystal and the Way of Light, Sutra, Tantra and Dzogchen.*
Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche
Routledge and Kegan Paul 1986

The Practice of Tranquility and Insight
Khenchen Thrangu
Snow Lion 1993

Start Where you Are*
Pema Chodron
Shambhala 1994

Fearless Simplicity
Tsoknyi Rinpoche
Rangjung Yeshe Publications 2003

The Way of the Bodhisattva
Shantideva
Padmakara Translation Group
Shambhala Classics 2003

Beyond Dogma
H.H. The Dalai Lama
North Atlantic Books 1996

Buddhism and Psychoanalysis           & nbsp; Backto the top

Nothing To Lose, Psychotherapy, Buddhism and Living Life*
Nigel Wellings and Elizabeth Wilde McCormick
Continuum 2005

Thoughts without a Thinker*
Mark Epstein
Basic Books 1995

Going To Pieces Without Falling Apart
Mark Epstein
Thorsons 1998

Going On Being, Buddhism and the Way of Change
Mark Epstein
Broadway Books 2001

Open To Desire, Embracing a Lust for Life.
Mark Epstein
Gotham Books 2005

The Couch and the Tree*
Ed. Anthony Molino
Constable 1999

Self and Liberation, The Jung/Buddhism Dialogue.*
Ed. Daniel J. Meckel and Robert L. Moore
Paulist Press 1992

Psychoanalysis and Buddhism, an unfolding dialogue*
Ed. Jeremy D. Safran
Wisdom 2003

Psychotherapy and Mindfulness            ;  Back to the top

Full Catastrophe Living, How to cope with stress, pain and illness using mindfulness meditation
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Piatkus 1990

Where Ever You Go there You Are, Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Hyperion 1994

Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression
Zindel V. Segal, J. Mark G. Williams, John D. Teasdale
The Guildford Press 2002

Living the Mindful Life
Charles T. Tart
Shambhala 1994

Towards a Psychology of Awakening*
John Welwood
2000

Awakening the Heart, East west approaches to psychotherapy and the healing relationship*
Ed. John Welwood
Shambhala 1985

Body Psychotherapy
Ed. Tree Staunton
Brunner-Routledge 2001

Walking the Tiger
Peter A,. Levine with Ann Federick
North Atlantic Books 1997

Living on the Edge
Elizabeth Wilde McCormick
Continuum 2002

Focusing Orientated Psychotherapy
Eugene T. Gendlin
Guildford 1996

The Power of Focusing
Ann Weiser Cornell
New Harbinger Publications 1992

General Contemplative Reading           & nbsp; Back to the top

Crossing the Unknown Sea
David Whyte
Michael Joseph 2001

New and Selected Poems
Mary Oliver
Beacon Press 1992

Anhil's Ghost
Michael Ondaatje
Picador 2000