These are enjoyable books we recommend about Tibetan Buddhism. They are written by recognized authentic teachers and are easily understandable even without Buddhist teaching.

Recommended Tibetan Buddhist Books

These are enjoyable books we recommend about Tibetan Buddhism. They are written by recognized authentic teachers and are easily understandable even without Buddhist teaching.

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General

Chagdud Tulku – Gates to Buddhist Practice
Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche – Sadness, Love, Openness The Buddhist Path of Joy
Dzigar Kongtrul – It’s Up to You
Dzongsar Khytentse Rinpoche – What Makes You Not a Buddhist
Dzongsar Khytentse Rinpoche – Best Foot Forward: A Pilgrims Guide to the Sacred Sites of India
Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo – Stabilizing the Mind: A Meditation Technique to Develop Spaciousness in the Mind
Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo – Boundless Treasury of Blessings
Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo – Vow of Love: Living an Extraordinary Life of Compassion
Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo – Viewing the Guru Through the Lens of the Seven Limb Puja
Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo – Reflections on a Mountain Lake
Khandro Rinpoche – This Precious Life
Khenpo Sodargye – Tales for Transforming Adversity
Kunzang Pema Sherab et al – The Door to Inconceivable Wisdom
Mingyur Rinpoche – The Joy of Living
Pema Chodron – When Things Fall Apart
Pema Chodron – Start Where You Are
Bruce Newman – A Beginners Guide to Tibetan Buddhism
HH Penor Rinpoche – An Ocean of Blessing
HE Jigme Phuntsok – Always Present
Rahula Walpole – What the Buddha Said

Inspiring biographies/autobiographies

Norma Levine – Blessing Power of the Buddhas
Tenzin Palmo – Cave in the Snow
Vicki Mackenzie – Reborn in the West
Eric Pema Schmidt and Maria Schmidt – Blazing Splendour (The Memoirs of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche)

Drilling Down

Bokar Rinpoche – Tara, The Feminine
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche – The Excellent Path to Enlightenment (Preliminary practices)
Dudjom Rinpoche – Perfect Conduct
Shantideva – The Bodhisattvas Way of Life
Dudjom Lingpa – Buddhahood Without Meditation
Chogyam Trungpa – Spiritual Materialism
Jigme Lingpa et al – Deity Mantra and Wisdom
Gyaltrul Rinpoche – Generation Stage Practice
Jamgon Mipham – The White Lotus An explanation of the seven-line prayer to Guru Padmasambhava
Khenpo Tenzin Norgay – Dusting off Your Buddha Nature: The Purpose of the Dzogchen Preliminaries
Paltrul Rinpoche – Words of My Perfect Teacher (Ngondro)
Thinley Norbu – The Small Golden Key
Thinley Norbu – The Magic Dance
Thinley Norbu – A Cascading Waterfall (Ngondro)
The Lives and Liberation of Princess Mandarawa
Francesca Freemantle and Chogyam Trungpa – Luminous Emptiness: Understanding the Tibetan Book of the Dead
Sogyal Rinpoche – The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying