Recommended reading

[effort]

A Map of the Journey By Sayadaw U Jotika

http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/mapjourney6.pdf

this is about general Buddhism and his own experiences.

[Chi]

The Vision of Dhamma: Buddhist Writings of Nyanaponika Thera

Amazingly deep book, from the heart.

[Buddha]

sweet list, i hope that this books can be found in our library

[Kamran]

Thanks for the list.

"The Teachings of Ajahn Chah" is also available online:

http://www.ajahnchah.org/book/index.php

[marc108]

Meditation: A Way of Awakening - Ajahn Sucitto
http://forestsanghapublications.org/vie ... 12&ref=vec

maybe the best meditation manual i've come across so far.

[ancientbuddhism]

“Signless” Meditations in Pāli Buddhism, by Peter Harvey

[ancientbuddhism]

Reinterpreting the Jhānas, by Roderick S. Bucknell

Jhāna and Buddhist Scholasticism, by Martin Stuart-Fox

[hanzze_]

Vipassana Meditation : Lectures On Insight Meditation by Venerable Chanmyay Sayadaw U Janakabhivamsa

here also German:

Vipassanā Meditation - Lehrvorträge über Erkenntnisweisheit vom Ehrwürdigen Chanmyay Sayadaw U Janakabhivamsa
(free translated, incl. additions from the 2. Addition which are missing in the English third version/ not finally proofread - thanks if finding and telling any grammar or spelling mistake)

[Travis]

Reinterpreting the Jhānas, by Roderick S. Bucknell

Jhāna and Buddhist Scholasticism, by Martin Stuart-Fox

BTW Thanks for numerous other texts you have shared (including those in the "Early Buddhism Resources" thread), as well.

Metta,
Travis

[cooran]

Hello all,

Maybe be careful?

Windows blocked my computer from making a ''risky connection'' to the link for:
Reinterpreting the Jhānas, by Roderick S. Bucknell

with metta
Chris

[Ñāṇa]

Maybe be careful?

Windows blocked my computer from making a ''risky connection'' to the link for:
Reinterpreting the Jhānas, by Roderick S. Bucknell

The link goes to a page on Scribd. I had no problem going to the page, and have never had any difficulties with the Scribd website.

[Travis]

The link goes to a page on Scribd. I had no problem going to the page, and have never had any difficulties with the Scribd website.

Ditto

P.S.
Buddhist Meditation: An anthology of texts from the Pali canon by Sarah Shaw

[bodom]

Buddhist Meditation: An anthology of texts from the Pali canon by Sarah Shaw

Excellent Travis thank you ive been meaning to read this and didnt realize it was available online.

[ancientbuddhism]

Contemporary Buddhism
An Interdisciplinary Journal - May 2011 © Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Special Issue: Mindfulness: diverse perspectives on its meaning, origins, and multiple applications at the intersection of science and dharma:

Mindfulness: Diverse Perspectives on its Meaning, Origins, and Multiple Applications at the Intersection of Science and Dharma by J. Mark G. Willliams and Jon Kabat-Zinn

What Does Mindfulness Really Mean? A Canonical Perspective by Bhikkhu Bodhi

Is Mindfulness Present-Centered and Non-Judgmental? A Discussion of the Cognitive Dimensions of Mindfulness by George Dreyfus

The Construction of Mindfulness by Andrew Olendzki

Toward an Understanding of Non-Dual Mindfulness by John Dunne

How does Mindfulness Transform Suffering? I: The Nature and Origins of Dukkha by John D. Teasdale and Michael Chaskalson

How does Mindfulness Transform Suffering? II: The Nature and Origins of Dukkha by John D. Teasdale and Michael Chaskalson

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: Culture clash or Creative Fusion? by Melanie Fennell & Zindel Segal

Compassion in the Landscape of Suffering by Cristina Feldman and Willem Kuyken

Meditation and Mindfulness by Martine Batchlor

The Buddhist Roots of Mindfulness Training: A Practitioners View by Edel Maex

Mindfulness and Loving-Kindness by Sharon Salzberg

Mindfulness in Higher Education by Mirabai Bush

‘Enjoy Your Death’: Leadership Lessons Forged in the Crucible of Organizational Death and Rebirth Infused with Mindfulness and Mastery by Saki F. Santorelli

Mindfulness by Any Other Name…: Trials and Tribulations of Sati in Western Psychology and Science by Paul Grossmann and Nicholas T. Van Dam

Measuring Mindfulness by Ruth A. Baer

On Some Definitions of Mindfulness by Rupert Gethin

Some Reflections on the Origins of MBSR, Skillful Means, and the Trouble with Maps by Jon Kabat-Zinn

[ancientbuddhism]

Awareness Bound and Unbound: Realizing the Nature of Attention by David R. Loy

[ancientbuddhism]

On the Practice of Buddhist Meditation According to the Pāli Nikāyas and Exegetical Sources, by Rupert Gethin

[ancientbuddhism]

Concentration or Insight: The Problematic of Theravāda Buddhist Meditation Theory, by Paul Griffiths

[ancientbuddhism]

The Buddhist Path to Awakening: A Study of the Bodhi-Pakkhiyā Dhammā, by Rupert Gethin

[ancientbuddhism]

Mindful Wisdom: The Sati-paṭṭhāna-sutta on Mindfulness, Memory, and Liberation, by Eviatar Shulman

[ancientbuddhism]

The Sutta on Understanding Death in the Transmission of Borān Meditation from Siam to the Kandyan Court

Kate Crosby ◦ Andrew Skilton ◦ Amal Gunasena

Journal of Indian Philosophy, 40: pp. 177 – 198, © Springer 2012