Beginning Buddhist Books

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Why Buddhism Is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
Why Buddhism Is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment 4.02 avg rating — 25,758 ratings
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Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating — 846,999 ratings
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Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life 4.31 avg rating — 45,719 ratings
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The Four Noble Truths
The Four Noble Truths 4.20 avg rating — 1,162 ratings
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The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation 4.19 avg rating — 38,241 ratings
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Mindfulness in Plain English
Mindfulness in Plain English 4.15 avg rating — 18,371 ratings
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Buddhism Plain & Simple: The Practice of Being Aware, Right Now, Every Day
Buddhism Plain & Simple: The Practice of Being Aware, Right Now, Every Day 4.04 avg rating — 9,986 ratings
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No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering
No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering 4.25 avg rating — 13,935 ratings
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The Art of Happiness
The Art of Happiness 4.17 avg rating — 123,043 ratings
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Full Catastrophe Living
Full Catastrophe Living 4.16 avg rating — 15,717 ratings
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The Heart of Understanding: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra
The Heart of Understanding: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra 4.42 avg rating — 3,279 ratings
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Be Here Now
Be Here Now
by: Ram Dass
4.34 avg rating — 42,186 ratings
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 241,475 ratings
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The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment 4.15 avg rating — 429,801 ratings
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Buddhism for Beginners
Buddhism for Beginners 3.81 avg rating — 3,545 ratings
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Buddhist Swastika Hitler's Cross
Buddhist Swastika Hitler's Cross
by: Ian Tinny
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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555 Buddha Quotes: Buddha Quotes for Inner Peace, Mindfulness, True Happiness and Emotional Stability
555 Buddha Quotes: Buddha Quotes for Inner Peace, Mindfulness, True Happiness and Emotional Stability 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Letters to a Dead Friend about Zen
Letters to a Dead Friend about Zen 4.17 avg rating — 301 ratings
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Lotus Girl: My Life at the Crossroads of Buddhism and America
Lotus Girl: My Life at the Crossroads of Buddhism and America 3.94 avg rating — 163 ratings
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Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life 4.13 avg rating — 52,374 ratings
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Buddha For Beginners
Buddha For Beginners 3.65 avg rating — 336 ratings
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Bodhisattva Mind: Teachings to Cultivate Courage and Awareness in the Midst of Suffering
Bodhisattva Mind: Teachings to Cultivate Courage and Awareness in the Midst of Suffering 4.55 avg rating — 553 ratings
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Introducing Buddha
Introducing Buddha
by: Jane Hope
3.74 avg rating — 1,608 ratings
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Everyday Zen: Love & Work
Everyday Zen: Love & Work 4.16 avg rating — 6,310 ratings
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A Beginner's Guide to Tibetan Buddhism: Notes From A Practitioner's Journey
A Beginner's Guide to Tibetan Buddhism: Notes From A Practitioner's Journey 3.77 avg rating — 74 ratings
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One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps
One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps 4.28 avg rating — 968 ratings
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Present Moment Wonderful Moment: Mindfulness Verses for Daily Living
Present Moment Wonderful Moment: Mindfulness Verses for Daily Living 4.35 avg rating — 1,110 ratings
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Zen for Christians: A Beginner's Guide
Zen for Christians: A Beginner's Guide 3.83 avg rating — 111 ratings
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One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism
One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism 4.20 avg rating — 769 ratings
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Zen for Beginners
Zen for Beginners 3.60 avg rating — 186 ratings
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Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism
Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism 3.97 avg rating — 298 ratings
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A Still Forest Pool: The Insight Meditation of Achaan Chah (Quest Book)
A Still Forest Pool: The Insight Meditation of Achaan Chah (Quest Book) 4.43 avg rating — 548 ratings
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Buddhism: Tools For Living Your Life
Buddhism: Tools For Living Your Life 4.23 avg rating — 98 ratings
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The World of Tibetan Buddhism: An Overview of Its Philosophy and Practice
The World of Tibetan Buddhism: An Overview of Its Philosophy and Practice 3.90 avg rating — 483 ratings
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A Concise Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism
A Concise Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism 3.69 avg rating — 147 ratings
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Being Peace (Being Peace, #1)
Being Peace (Being Peace, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 14,194 ratings
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Buddhism: A Complete Introduction
Buddhism: A Complete Introduction 3.91 avg rating — 44 ratings
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Being Zen: Bringing Meditation to Life
Being Zen: Bringing Meditation to Life 4.13 avg rating — 603 ratings
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Buddhism for Mothers of Young Children: Becoming a Mindful Parent
Buddhism for Mothers of Young Children: Becoming a Mindful Parent 4.28 avg rating — 511 ratings
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Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness
Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness 4.21 avg rating — 7,682 ratings
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Buddhism for Busy People: Finding Happiness in an Uncertain World
Buddhism for Busy People: Finding Happiness in an Uncertain World 3.80 avg rating — 1,879 ratings
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Taming the Tiger Within: Meditations on Transforming Difficult Emotions
Taming the Tiger Within: Meditations on Transforming Difficult Emotions 4.08 avg rating — 5,355 ratings
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Tibetan Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction
Tibetan Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction 3.43 avg rating — 222 ratings
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Guided Meditations, Explorations and Healings
Guided Meditations, Explorations and Healings 4.20 avg rating — 108 ratings
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The Dalai Lama's Little Book of Buddhism
The Dalai Lama's Little Book of Buddhism 3.96 avg rating — 1,019 ratings
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Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness
Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness
by: Qing Li
3.99 avg rating — 5,388 ratings
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Buddhism for Dudes: A Jarhead's Field Guide to Mindfulness
Buddhism for Dudes: A Jarhead's Field Guide to Mindfulness 4.20 avg rating — 136 ratings
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A Gradual Awakening
A Gradual Awakening 4.35 avg rating — 838 ratings
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Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Buddha's Path
Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Buddha's Path 4.29 avg rating — 1,592 ratings
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Green Buddhism: Practice and Compassionate Action in Uncertain Times
Green Buddhism: Practice and Compassionate Action in Uncertain Times 4.04 avg rating — 52 ratings
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Awakening the Buddhist Heart: Integrating Love, Meaning, and Connection into Every Part of Your Life
Awakening the Buddhist Heart: Integrating Love, Meaning, and Connection into Every Part of Your Life
by: Surya Das
4.17 avg rating — 908 ratings
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Zen Buddhism: Selected Writings of D. T. Suzuki
Zen Buddhism: Selected Writings of D. T. Suzuki 4.18 avg rating — 2,281 ratings
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Buddhism without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening
Buddhism without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening 4.01 avg rating — 9,941 ratings
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The Dharma of Modern Mindfulness: Discovering the Buddhist Teachings at the Heart of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
The Dharma of Modern Mindfulness: Discovering the Buddhist Teachings at the Heart of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction 4.38 avg rating — 79 ratings
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Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from the Power of Now
Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from the Power of Now 4.26 avg rating — 49,754 ratings
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Brave Parenting: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide to Raising Emotionally Resilient Children
Brave Parenting: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide to Raising Emotionally Resilient Children 4.32 avg rating — 184 ratings
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Mindfulness and Psychotherapy: Working with Anger and Nourishing Inner Peace Each and Every Day--Especially for Psychotherapists
Mindfulness and Psychotherapy: Working with Anger and Nourishing Inner Peace Each and Every Day--Especially for Psychotherapists 4.09 avg rating — 228 ratings
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How to Wake Up: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide to Navigating Joy and Sorrow
How to Wake Up: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide to Navigating Joy and Sorrow 4.25 avg rating — 473 ratings
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The Art Of Living
The Art Of Living 4.44 avg rating — 10,285 ratings
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That's Funny, You Don't Look Buddhist: On Being a Faithful Jew and a Passionate Buddhist
That's Funny, You Don't Look Buddhist: On Being a Faithful Jew and a Passionate Buddhist 3.84 avg rating — 415 ratings
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The Art of Communicating
The Art of Communicating 4.11 avg rating — 11,440 ratings
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The Best Buddhist Writing 2013
The Best Buddhist Writing 2013 3.95 avg rating — 98 ratings
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Fear: A Powerful Guide to Overcoming Uncertainties and Personal Terrors, and Finding Peace and Freedom from Anxiety, by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh
Fear: A Powerful Guide to Overcoming Uncertainties and Personal Terrors, and Finding Peace and Freedom from Anxiety, by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh 4.16 avg rating — 9,111 ratings
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Buddhist Art and Architecture
Buddhist Art and Architecture 3.85 avg rating — 127 ratings
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How to Love (Mindfulness Essentials, #3)
How to Love (Mindfulness Essentials, #3) 4.32 avg rating — 11,479 ratings
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The Inner Journey: Views from the Buddhist Tradition (PARABOLA Anthology Series) (Inner Journey, #1)
The Inner Journey: Views from the Buddhist Tradition (PARABOLA Anthology Series) (Inner Journey, #1) 4.48 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Ecodharma: Buddhist Teachings for the Ecological Crisis (1)
Ecodharma: Buddhist Teachings for the Ecological Crisis (1) 4.15 avg rating — 177 ratings
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You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment
You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment 4.30 avg rating — 12,096 ratings
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How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers
How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers 4.19 avg rating — 2,516 ratings
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True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart
True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart 4.27 avg rating — 7,971 ratings
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Buddhist Economics: An Enlightened Approach to the Dismal Science
Buddhist Economics: An Enlightened Approach to the Dismal Science 3.53 avg rating — 206 ratings
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Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior
Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior 4.14 avg rating — 7,204 ratings
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The Misleading Mind: How We Create Our Own Problems and How Buddhist Psychology Can Help Us Solve Them
The Misleading Mind: How We Create Our Own Problems and How Buddhist Psychology Can Help Us Solve Them 4.05 avg rating — 365 ratings
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Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom
Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom 4.26 avg rating — 1,303 ratings
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Untangling Self: A Buddhist Investigation of Who We Really Are
Untangling Self: A Buddhist Investigation of Who We Really Are 4.19 avg rating — 124 ratings
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Breathe! You Are Alive: Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing
Breathe! You Are Alive: Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing 4.32 avg rating — 1,255 ratings
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Road Home
Road Home 4.43 avg rating — 627 ratings
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Living Buddha, Living Christ
Living Buddha, Living Christ 4.16 avg rating — 18,637 ratings
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Why Is the Dalai Lama Always Smiling?: A Westerner's Introduction and Guide to Tibetan Buddhist Practice
Why Is the Dalai Lama Always Smiling?: A Westerner's Introduction and Guide to Tibetan Buddhist Practice 4.09 avg rating — 65 ratings
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Food for the Heart: The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah
Food for the Heart: The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah 4.50 avg rating — 1,001 ratings
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What the Buddha Taught
What the Buddha Taught 4.18 avg rating — 12,738 ratings
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Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting
Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting 4.08 avg rating — 2,001 ratings
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The Way of the Buddha: The Illustrated Dhammapada
The Way of the Buddha: The Illustrated Dhammapada
by: Anonymous
4.27 avg rating — 30,410 ratings
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The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children
The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children 4.29 avg rating — 6,681 ratings
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Buddha
Buddha
by: Demi
4.17 avg rating — 173 ratings
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The Enlightened Heart
The Enlightened Heart 4.33 avg rating — 1,169 ratings
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Buddha
Buddha 3.90 avg rating — 5,477 ratings
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Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living
Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living 4.24 avg rating — 13,439 ratings
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Buddha, Vol. 1: Kapilavastu (Buddha #1)
Buddha, Vol. 1: Kapilavastu (Buddha #1) 4.17 avg rating — 8,482 ratings
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A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose 4.16 avg rating — 214,777 ratings
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If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him! The Pilgrimage of Psychotherapy Patients
If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him! The Pilgrimage of Psychotherapy Patients really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,772 ratings
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The Buddha Walks into a Bar . . .: A Guide to Life for a New Generation
The Buddha Walks into a Bar . . .: A Guide to Life for a New Generation 3.83 avg rating — 3,698 ratings
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The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology
The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology 4.34 avg rating — 7,835 ratings
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Walk Like a Buddha: Even if Your Boss Sucks, Your Ex Is Torturing You, and You're Hungover Again
Walk Like a Buddha: Even if Your Boss Sucks, Your Ex Is Torturing You, and You're Hungover Again 3.87 avg rating — 1,008 ratings
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Buddha - A Story of Enlightenment
Buddha - A Story of Enlightenment 3.93 avg rating — 12,115 ratings
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The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness
The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness 4.01 avg rating — 9,001 ratings
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Where’s Buddha?
Where’s Buddha? 3.82 avg rating — 74 ratings
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The Dhammapada
The Dhammapada
by: Anonymous
4.27 avg rating — 30,410 ratings
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Buddhas' Little Book of Life: Daily Wisdom from the Great Masters, Teachers, and Writers of All Time
Buddhas' Little Book of Life: Daily Wisdom from the Great Masters, Teachers, and Writers of All Time 3.79 avg rating — 39 ratings
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The Dharma Bums
The Dharma Bums 3.93 avg rating — 99,795 ratings
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