Books

General reading on insight meditation

• Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield, Seeking the heart of wisdom: the path of insight meditation

• Joseph Goldstein, The experience of insight

• Christina Feldman, Meditation

• Analayo, Satipatthana: the direct path to realization (for those who like a serious challenge!)

On loving-kindness meditation (metta bhavana)

• Sharon Salzberg, Lovingkindness: the revolutionary art of happiness

On Buddhism, and authenticity in its practice

• Stephen Batchelor, Buddhism without beliefs

• Christina Feldman, Woman awake

• Glenn Wallis, Basic teachings of the Buddha

Inspirational bedtime reading

• Pankaj Mishra, An end to suffering: the Buddha in the world

• Natalie Goldberg, Long quiet highway