Recommended Reading

For many of the books below and more, visit the bookstore at 
Healing Waters Center for Yoga, Health and Mindful Living
542 Quaker Rd., East Aurora, NY.


Shambhala:
By Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche,
(Founder of Shambhala):

• Born in Tibet 
• Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior
• The Heart of the Buddha
• Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism (Currently being read by the meditation group)
• Smile at Fear: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery
• True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art

By The Sakyong Mipham
(Leader of Shambhala and Trungpa Rinpoche' son):

• Turning the Mind Into an Ally
• Ruling Your World: Ancient Strategies for Modern Life 
• Running With the Mind: Lessons for Training the Body and Mind (to be released April 19, 2012)

By Pema Chodron:

• Awakening Loving Kindness
• Taking the Leap:Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears
• When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
• The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
• No Time To Lose: A Timely Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva

Buddhism:

By Lama Surya Das:

• Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World 

By Jack Kornfield:

• The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology

Other books:

• Being With Dying by Joan Halifax
• Emotional Awareness: Overcoming the Obstacles to Psychological Balance and Compassion by The Dalai Lama and Paul Ekman Ph.D.
• Making a Change for Good: A Guide to Compassionate Self-Discipline by Cheri Huber
• The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen
• Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals by Peter Matthiessen
• Walking the Tiger's Path: A Soldier' Spiritual Journey in Iraq by Paul Kendel
• Confession of a Buddhist Atheist by Stephen Batchelor

Meditation: 

By Susan Salzberg:

• Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program 
• Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness 

By Jon Kabat-Zinn

• Wherever You Go, There You Are