Introduction to Insight Meditation
Gil Fronsdal, The Issue at Hand
Joseph Goldstein, The Experience of Insight
Richard Shankman, The Art and Skill of Buddhist Meditation
Sharon Salzberg, Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation
Jon Kabat-Zinn, Mindfulness for Beginners
Further Reading on Insight Meditation
Sharon Salzberg, A Heart As Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness
Jack Kornfield, A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life
Jack Kornfield, After the Ecstasy, the Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path
The Path of Mindfulness
Joseph Goldstein, Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening
Nyanaponika Thera, The Heart of Buddhist Meditation: The Buddha’s Way of Mindfulness
Gil Fronsdal, Unhindered: A Mindful Path Through the Five Hindrances
Sayadaw U Tejaniya, When Awareness Becomes Natural
Analayo, Satipatthana: The Direct Path to Realization
The Buddhist Path
Bhante Gunaratana, Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Buddha’s Path
Bhikkhu Bodhi, The Noble Eightfold Path: Way to the End of Suffering
Concentration
Leigh Brasington, Right Concentration: A Practical Guide to the Jhanas
Richard Shankman, The Experience of Samadhi: An In-depth Exploration of Buddhist Meditation
Lovingkindness
Sharon Salzberg, Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness
Introduction to the Buddha’s Teachings
Gil Fronsdal, The Dhammapada
Gil Fronsdal, The Buddha Before Buddhism: Wisdom from the Early Teachings
Bhikkhu Bodhi, In the Buddha’s Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon
Susan Murcott, The First Buddhist Women: Poems and Stories of Awakening
Retreat Practice
Gil Fronsdal, Everything is Practice: A Guide for Insight Meditation Retreats
Illness and pain
Toni Bernhard, How to Live Well with Chronic Pain and Illness
Shinzen Young, Break Through Pain: A Step-by-Step Mindfulness Meditation Program for Transforming Chronic and Acute Pain
IMC Community
Passing It On: Writing and art by lay practitioners connected with the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California. It demonstrates that helpful teachings can be found in the ordinary lives of lay practitioners.
IMC Library
IMC has a small library behind the meditation hall. The library is available during most of our events for borrowing books. Please be conscientious about returning them to the Book Return box within 4 weeks.
Book donations are welcome. We are accepting books on Theravada Buddhism published within the last ten years. You can place them in the large Book Donation box in the library.