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Author Title Amaro Bikkhu Silent Rain PORT TOWNSEND SANGHA LIBRARY - BOOK LIST - JANUARY 2020 Author Title Amaro Bikkhu Silent Rain Shundo Aoyama Zen Seeds - Reflections of a Female Priest Sri Aurobindo The Sunlit Path Allen Badiner - Editor Dharma Gaia Stephen Batchelor Awakening of the West Jan Chozen Bays How to Train a Wild Elephant - And Other Adventures Hubert Benoit The Supreme Doctrine Toni Bernhard How to Be Sick Agehananda Bharati The Tantric Tradition John Blofeld Bodhisattva of Compassion: The Mystical Tradition of Juan Yin Bikkhu Bodhi - Editor Dana The Practice of Giving Joan Bondurant Conquest of Violence Sandy Boucher Dancing in the Dharma Sandy Boucher Discovering Kwan Yin Sandy Boucher Opening the Lotus Sandy Boucher Turning the Wheel Ajaan Buddhadasa Bhikku Keys to Natural Truth Ajaan Buddhadasa Bhikku The Prison of Life Ajaan Buddhadasa Bhikku Nibbana for Everyone Ajaan Buddhadasa Bhikku Food for Thought Ajaan Buddhadasa Bhikku Handbook for Mankind Ajaan Buddhadasa Bhikku Food for Thought Ajaan Buddhadasa Bhikku Heartwood of the Bodhi Tree Ajaan Buddhadasa Bhikku Metta - The Philosophy and Practice of Universal Love Ajaan Buddhadasa Bhikku - Various Authors The Quest for a Just Society Acharya Buddharakkhita Awake in the Wind John Daishin Buksbazen To Forget the Self Ajahn Chah Living Dhamma Ajahn Chah The Key to Liberation Sri Chinmoy The Silent Teaching Pema Chodren Comfortable with Unceertainty Pema Chodren Bodhisattvha Mind Pema Chodren When Things Fall Apart Pema Chodren Unconditional Confidence Pema Chodren Getting Unstuck Pema Chodren How to Meditate Pema Chodron The Places that Scare You Pema Chodron True Happiness Pema Chodron No Time to Lose - A Timely Guide to the Way of Bodhisattva Pema Chodron The Wisdom of No Escape - The Path to Loving Kindness Pema Chodron Taking the Leap Thubten Chodron Open Heart, Clear Mind Pema Chodron Awakening Loving Kindness Pema Chodron Practicing Peace in Times of War Elizabeth Coatsworth The Cat who Went to Heaven Mark Coleman Awake in the Wild Edward Conze - Translator Buddhist Scriptures E.B. Cowell - Editor Buddhist Mahayana Texts The Dalai Lama A Policy of Kindness The Dalai Lama Dzogchen - Heart Essence of the Great Perfection The Dalai Lama Ethics for a New Millennium The Dalai Lama Freedom in Exile - Autobiography The Dalai Lama Ocean of Wisdom The Dalai Lama Compassion and the Individual The Dalai Lama Path to Bliss The Dalai Lama Compassion The Source of Peace The Dalai Lama Compassion Taisen Deshimaru Questions to a Zen Master Dhiravamsa The Way of Non-Attachment Gill Farrer-Halls The Feminine Face of Buddhism Paul Fleischman Karma and Chaos Rick Foster How We Choose to be Happy Jan Frazier The Freedom of Being At Ease With What Is Jan Frazier When Fear Falls Away Lenore Friedman Meetings with Remarkable Women Gil Fronsdal The Issue At Hand Gil Fronsdal - Editor Voices from Spirit Rock Gil Fronsdal - Translator Dhammapada Joseph Goldstein Insight Meditation Joseph Goldstein The Experience of Insight Joseph and Jack Goldstein and Kornfield Seeking the Heart Wisdom The Great Courses Buddhism Part 1 and 2 Jeremy Hayward Perceiving Ordinary Magic John Heider Tao of Leadership Pico Iyer The Open Road Charlotte Joko Beck Nothing Special - Living Zen Ken Jones Beyond Optimism Philip Kapleau The Wheel of Life and Death Roshi Jiyu Kennet Zen is Essential Life Kittsaro and Thanissara Listening to the Heart Jack Kornfield The Wise Heart Jack Kornfield After Ecstasy, the Laundry Jack Kornfield A Path with Heart Jack Kornfield Buddha's Little Instruction Book Jack Kornfield A Lamp in the Darkness Arnold Kottler - Editor Engaged Buddhist Reader Gregory Kramer Meditating Together - Speaking from Silence Geri Larkin Love Dharma - Relationship Wisdom Stephen Levine Healing into Life and Death Stephen Levine Who Dies Stephen Levine A Gradual Awakening Noah Levine Refuge Recovery Jacob Liberman Wisdom from and Empty Mind Vicki MacKenzie Cave in the Snow Kathleen McDonald How to Meditate Ken McKleod Wake Up Your Life Thomas Merton The Way of Chuang Tzu Franz Metcalf What Would Buddha Do Sakyong Mipham Turning the Mind into an Ally Dinty Moore The Accidental Buddhist Kaiki Myoho - Editor Itten Shikai Upasika Nanayon An Unentangled Knowing Hui Neng Diamond Sutra and Sutra of Hui Neng Lama Ole Nydahl Buddha & Love Patrick Ophuols Buddha Takes No Prisoners Ajahns Pasanno and Amaro The Island Ajahns Pasanno and Amaro The Dhamma and the Real World Red Pine The Heart Sutra Lewis Richmond Work as a Spiritual Practice Sogyal Rimpoche Thibetan Wisdom for Living and Dying Sogyal Rinpoche The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying Larry Rosenberg Breath By Breath Sharon Salzberg Faith Sharon Salzberg When Fear Falls Away Sharon Salzberg Loving Kindness Sharon Salzberg Real Happiness - The Power of Meditation Sharon Salzberg Insight Meditation - Correspondence Course Sharon Salzberg Loving Kindness Meditation Santideva A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life David Schiller The Little Zen Companion Suzanne Segal Collision with the infinite Helmut Sieczka Chakra Breathing Michael Singer The Unteathered Soul Rodney Smith Awakening the Paradigm Shift of the Heart Rodney Smith Stepping Out of Self Deception John Snelling The Buddhist Handbook Lama Surya Das Awakening to the Sacred Lama Surya Das Buddha Is As Buddha Does Lama Surya Das Awakening the Buddha Within Lama Surya Das Letting Go of the Person You Used to Be D.T. Suzuki Buddha of Infinite Light John Tarrant The Light Inside The Dark Ashin Tejaniya Awareness Alone is Not Enough Ashin Tejaniya Dhamma Everywhere Ashin Tejaniya Don't Look Down on the Defilements Thanissaro Meditations Thanissaro The Shape of Suffering Thanissaro The Wings to Awakening Thich Naht Hanh Anger Thich Naht Hanh Be Still and Know Thich Naht Hanh Breathe You Are Alive - Sutra on Mindfulness with Breathing Thich Naht Hanh Call Me by My True Names Thich Naht Hanh Cultivating the Mind of Love Thich Naht Hanh Guide to Walking Meditation Thich Naht Hanh Keeping the Peace Thich Naht Hanh Living Buddha, Living Christ Thich Naht Hanh Miracle of Mindfulness Thich Naht Hanh Peace is Every Step Our Appointment with Life - Living in the Present - The Better Thich Naht Hanh Way to Live Alone Thich Naht Hanh The Sun My Heart Thich Naht Hanh Going Home - Jesus and the Buddha as Brothers Thich Naht Hanh Being Peace Thich Naht Hanh Friends on the Path Thich Naht Hanh Body and Mind are One Transformation and Healing - The Sutra on the Four Thich Naht Hanh Foundations of Mindfulness Thich Naht Hanh The Ultimate Dimension Thich Naht Hanh Present Moment Thich Naht Hanh Teachings on Love Luang Thitadhammo The Ways of the Peaceful - Teachings on the Samana-Dhamma Gary Thorp Sweeping Changes Robert Thurman Inner Revolution Christopher Titmuss Freedom of the Spirit Christopher Titmuss An Awakened Life Eckhart Tolle Stillness Speaks Eckhart Tolle The Power of Now Eckhart Tolle Guardians of Being Carole Tonkinson Wake up and Cook Chogyam Trungpa Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism Chogyam Trungpa Journey Without Goal Chogyam Trungpa The Path is the Goal Chogyam Trungpa Shambala the Sacred Path of the Warrior Lao Tsu Tao Te Ching Toni and Judith Tucker and Adler Zen Dog Tarthang Tuiku Skillful Means Gestures of Balance--A Guide to Awareness Self-healing and Tarthang Tulku Meditation Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche Life in Relation to Death B. Alan Wallace Contemplative Science B. Alan Wallace Embracing Mind Alan Watts The Essence of Alan Watts Alan Watts This is It Watts, Santikaro, Senauke - Editors Entering the Realm of Reality - Towards Dhammic Societies Martin Wilson Rebirth and the Western Buddhist Koun Yamada Gateless Gate Jamie Zeppa Beyond the Sky and Earth Wherever You Go There You Are - Mindfulness Meditation In John Kabbat Zin Everyday Life William Macquity Buddha - Life and Doctrine William Macquity Buddha - Life and Doctrine.
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