Further Readings

(available on dhammtalks.org)

On preliminaries to the path: “Affirming the Truths of the Heart”; “An All-around Eye”; “Beyond All Directions”; “Danger is Normal”; “Faith in Awakening”; “Freedom from Fear”; “The Lessons of Gratitude”; “No Strings Attached”; “Opening the Door to the Dhamma”; “The Power of Judgment”

On appropriate attention: Skill in Questions; “Food for Awakening”; “Untangling the Present”

On kamma: The Karma of Mindfulness; Merit; “Karma”; “The Seeds of Karma : 21 Questions on Karma & Rebirth”

On rebirth: The Truth of Rebirth

On the four noble truths: “Life Isn’t Just Suffering”; “The Weight of Mountains”; “Five Piles of Bricks”; “What’s Noble about the Noble Truths?”; “Truths with Consequences”; “Ignorance”

On becoming: The Paradox of Becoming; “The Arrows of Thinking”; “Samsāra”; “Samsāra Divided by Zero”

On the three perceptions: Selves & Not-self; “No Self or Not-self?”; “The Not-self Strategy”; “The Wisdom of the Ego”; “All About Change”

On dependent co-arising: The Shape of Suffering; “We Are Not One”

On right resolve: The Sublime Attitudes; “Trading Candy for Gold”

On virtue: “Educating Compassion”; “Getting the Message”; “The Healing Power of the Precepts”

On right effort: “The Joy of Effort”; “Pushing the Limits”

On mindfulness: Frames of Reference; Right Mindfulness; Mindful of the Body; “The Agendas of Mindfulness”; “Mindfulness Defined”; “Under Your Skin”

On concentration: Keeping the Breath in Mind; Inner Strength; With Each & Every Breath; “Jhāna Not by the Numbers”; “The Integrity of Emptiness”; “Silence Isn’t Mandatory”

On insight: Straight from the Heart; Discernment; “One Tool Among Many”

On the path in general: The Wings to Awakening

On interpreting the Dhamma: Buddhist Romanticism; “Freedom from Buddha Nature”; “Lost in Quotation”

On stream-entry: Into the Stream; “The Buddha’s Last Word”

On nibbāna: The Mind Like Fire Unbound; “Purity of Heart”; “The Essence of the Dhamma”; “A Verb for Nirvāṇa”