Meditation & Spirituality
The Book of Joy
Two old friends, a Buddhist and an Archbishop, spend a week talking about how joy survives adversity, and the practices that keep it from being only a mood.
Curated list · 8 books
Meditation & Spirituality
Eight highly rated books on sitting still, meeting the present, and keeping a little more peace in ordinary life.
Start with a short practice book if you want something you can use tonight. Return to these; they are written to be lived with, not finished.
Meditation & Spirituality
Peace Is Every Step
A Zen teacher shows how washing dishes, walking and even a ringing telephone can become mindfulness, if you meet them with an awake breath.
Philosophy
Meditations
The private notebooks of a Roman emperor, a practical guide to composure, duty and meeting life as it comes.
Meditation & Spirituality
When Things Fall Apart
A Buddhist teacher on staying present when fear, loss and uncertainty arrive, and on using those moments as the path rather than waiting them out.
Meditation & Spirituality
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Informal talks on Zen practice from the founder of San Francisco Zen Center: sit, keep a beginner's mind, and let the rest be simple.
Meditation & Spirituality
The Untethered Soul
A clear invitation to notice the voice in your head, loosen its hold, and live from the awareness that watches it.
Meditation & Spirituality
The Power of Now
A guide to leaving the mind's commentary behind and meeting the present moment as the only place a life can actually be lived.
Meditation & Spirituality
Wherever You Go, There You Are
The book that brought mindfulness meditation into ordinary American life: short chapters on sitting, walking and coming back to the moment you are already in.
