Here are a few of our favourite books or online resources – there’s lots to explore!
Download our booklet Introduction to Bright Earth Buddhism
Books on Pure Land Buddhism
Ocean by Kenneth Tanaka – (available online for free) a general introduction to Buddhism and an introduction to Pure Land Buddhism
Coming Home: Refuge in Pureland Buddhism – Satya’s book on Pureland Buddhism
Heart of the Shin Buddhist Path by Takamaro Shigaraki
Call of the Infinite: The Way of Shin Buddhism by John Paraskevopoulos
River of Fire, River of Water by Taitetso Unno
Shin Buddhism: Bits of Rubble Turn Into Gold by Taitetso Unno
Songs of Light (Volumes 1, 2 & 3) by George Gatenby
Dharma Breeze by Nobuo Haneda
Let This Be Known: Finding the Shin Buddhist Path by James Pollard
The Promise of Amida Buddha: Honen’s Path to Bliss by Joji Atone
Essential Shin Buddhism: The Path of True Entrusting ed by Alfred Bloom
The Other Buddhism: Amida Comes West by Caroline Brazier
General books on Buddhism
The Buddha by Karen Armstrong – a great summary of the Buddha’s life story
Buddhism Plain and Simple by Steve Hagen
Everyday Zen: Love and Work by Charlotte Joko Beck
Any books by Pema Chodron, Thich Nhat Hahn, Jack Kornfield, Tara Brach etc.
Other
No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz – describing Internal Family Systems (the therapy model Satya and Kaspa use) as a personal and spiritual practice. Lots of overlap with Buddhism.
Parts Work by Tom Holmes is a simpler illustrated introduction to IFS.
Do try and avoid Amazon if you can whilst buying Dharma books 🙂 – you could try the online version of our local bookshop, the Malvern Book Coop, or Book Depository, or ideally your own local bookshop.