Suggested reading

Here are a few of our favourite books or online resources – there’s lots to explore!

Download our booklet Introduction to Bright Earth Buddhism

Start here

Ocean by Kenneth Tanaka – a general introduction to Buddhism and an introduction to Pureland Buddhism

Books on Pure Land Buddhism

Coming Home: Refuge in Pureland Buddhism – Satya’s new book on Pureland Buddhism

Just As You Are: Buddhism for Foolish Beings by Satya Robyn and Kaspalita Thompson (the revised 2nd edition is purple not blue, make sure you get this one)

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.

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