Reading List for Beginners
The following list is suitable for beginners. This list is in the process of being updated and edited, and should be posted by the end of February 2008. Intermediate and advanced lists to be added too. [Webmaster ~ 02/02/08]
- The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness (Book and Audio CD Set)
Yongey Rinpoche Mingyur, Swanson, Goleman
- Chenrezig, Lord of Love: Principles and Methods of Deity Meditation
Bokar Rinpoche
- The Dharma: That Illuminates All Beings Like the Light of the Sun and the Moon
Kalu Rinpoche
- Writings of Kalu Rinpoche
Kalu Rinpoche, translated by Kenneth McLeod
- Relative World, Ultimate Mind
Twelfth Tai Situ Rinpoche
- Awakening the Sleeping Buddha
Tai Situ Rinpoche
- Meditation: Advice to Beginners
Bokar Rinpoche
- Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
Chogyam Trungpa
- The Jewel Ornament of Liberation
Gampopa, Snowlion Publications; Chapters: 1, 2, 3
- The Torch of Certainty
Jamgon Kongtrul and Chogyam Trungpa
- The Black Hat Karmapa of Tibet
Luzak, 1976
- The Life of Milarepa
Lalungpa
- Tara The Feminine Divine
Bokar Rinpoche
- Taking the Bodhisattva Vow
Bokar Rinpoche
- Dharma Paths (Dream Flag Series)
Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche
- Kalu Rinpoche’s Teachings in Vancouver 1974
Available only at KTC Monastery as a manual copy.
- Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life
Shantideva
- Karmapa The Sacred Prophecy
Thomas Pardee, Susan Skolnick, and Eric Swanson
- The History of the Sixteen Karmapas of Tibet
Karma Thinley, Karma, and David Stott
- The Chariot for Traveling the Path of Freedom
Kalu Rinpoche (Out of print)
- Kindness, Clarity, and Insight
Dalai Lama