RESOURCES

• Insight Retreat Center

  • IRC Residential Retreats

  • IRC Offsite Retreats

  • IRC Hidden Villa Retreats

• Spirit Rock Meditation Center

• Insight Meditation Society (IMS): Retreat Center

• Forest Refuge

Reading List

Insight & Lovingkindness

• A Path with Heart - Jack Kornfield

• The Issue at Hand -  Gil Fronsdal 

• Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness - Sharon Salzberg

• Warm Hand to Warm Hand - Kim Allen & Kodo Conlin, ed.

• Dipa Ma: The Life and Legacy of a Buddhist Master - Amy Schmidt

• Seeking the Heart of Wisdom - Joseph Goldstein

• Mindfulness - Joseph Goldstein

• Satipatthana: The Direct Path to Realization - Bhikkhu Analayo 

• The Noble Eightfold Path - Bhikkhu Bodhi

• Emptiness - Guy Armstrong

• The Wings to Awakening - Thanissaro

Suttas: The Discourses of the Buddha

• In the Buddha’s Words: An Anthology of Discourses form the Pali Canon - Bhikkhu Bodhi, ed.

• The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Digha Nikaya - Maurice Walshe

• The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A New Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya - Bhikkhu Nanamoli & Bhikkhu Bodhi

• The Connected Discourses of the Buddha: A New Translation of the Samyutta Nikaya - Bhikkhu Bodhi

• The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha: A Complete Translation of the Aṇguttara Nikāya - Bhikkhu Bodhi

• The Dhammapada - Gil Fronsdal, tr.

Zen Precepts & Practice

• Being Upright: Zen Meditation and Bodhisattva Precepts - Reb Anderson

• Waking Up to What You Do: A Zen Practice for Meeting Every Situation with Intelligence and Compassion - Diane Rizzetto

• Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind - Shunryu Suzuki

• The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching - Thich Nhat Hanh

• The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women - Zenshin Florence Caplow & Reigetsu Susan Moon, ed.

• Living by Vow - Shohaku Okumura

• The Six Perfections - Dale Wright

• Realizing Genjokoan: The Key to Dogen's Shobogenzo - Shohaku Okumura 

Living in Community

These secular texts are frequently recommended to students living in temple sanghas to promote skillful communication, community harmony or ethical conduct. 

• Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most - Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen

• Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well - Douglas Stone & Sheila Heen

• Right Use of Power: The Heart of Ethics - Cedar Barstow

• Deep Diversity - Shakil Choudhury