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Recommended Reading (A - Z): Eastern Philosophy and Meditation
Harris' Note: While I recommend the following books, I do not endorse many of their metaphysical presuppositions. Please see The End of Faith as well as the Articles section of this website for my views on contemplative practice, mysticism, etc.
Batchelor, S.. Confession of a Buddhist Atheist. 2010.
Batchelor, S.. Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening. 1998.
Byrom, T (Trans.). The Heart of Awareness: A Translation of the Ashtavakra Gita. 2001.
Chinul. Tracing Back the Radiance: Chinul’s Korean Way of Zen. 1991.
Dowman, K (Ed). The Flight of the Garuda, Second Edition: The Dzogchen Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. 2003.
Flanagan, O.. The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World. 2009.
Goldstein, J. Experience of Insight. 1987.
Harding, DE. On Having No Head: Zen and the Rediscovery of the Obvious. 2002.
Krishnamurti, J. Freedom from the Known. 1975.
Krishnamurti, J. The Awakening of Intelligence. 1987.
Murti, TRV. Central Philosophy of Buddhism: A Study of Madhyamika System. 1955.
Nagarjuna. Nagarjuna’s Seventy Stanzas: A Buddhist Psychology of Emptiness. 1999.
Nisargadatta Maharaj. I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj. 1973.
Ramana Maharshi. Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi. 1955.
Reynolds, JM (Ed). Self-Liberation Through Seeing With Naked Awareness. 1988.
Rosenberg, L. Breath by Breath: The Liberating Practice of Insight Meditation. 2004.
Shankaracharya. Shankara’s Crest Jewel of Discrimination. 1970.
Suzuki, S. Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind. 1973.
Thera, N. The Heart of Buddhist Meditation. 1973.
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. Quintessential Dzogchen: Confusion Dawns as Wisdom. 2006.
