books

books i own or recommend etc.

when i read a book typically it becomes part of my daily workflow with a checklist

sequence

here is the general sequence of books i plan to read

book	topic	notes
turning confusion to clarity	ngondro
stilling the mind	shamatha	relaxing the mind into it's natural state
fathoming the mind	vipassana	recognizing the nature of impermanent objects
open mind	dzogchen	recognizing the deepest levels of awareness
heart of the great perfection vol 1	dzogchen
heart of the great perfection vol 2	dzogchen
heart of the great perfection vol 3	dzogchen
heart of the great perfection vol 4	dzogchen
zen flesh zen bones	koans	i read this anytime, it's a collection of small stories and koans

khenpo sherab sangpo

• the path

mingyur rinpoche

• turning confusion into clarity

tokul urgyen rinpoche

• as it is vol 1
• as it is vol 2

lerab lingpa

• open mind

dudjom lingpa

• stilling the mind
• fathoming the mind
• vajra essence
  • vol 1
    • the sharp vajra of conscious awareness tantra
    • essence of clear meaning
    • the foolish dharma of an idiot clothed in mud and feathers
    • the enlightened view of samantabhadra
  • vol 2
    • buddhism without meditation
    • the fine path to liberation
    • garland for the delight of the fortunate
  • vol 3
    • the vajra essence

dzogchen ponlop

• emotional rescue

loch kelly

• effortless mindfullness

zen

• zen flesh zen bones
  • 101 zen stories
  • the gateless gate - collection of koans
  • 10 bulls
  • centering

krisnamurti

Meditation-is-not

• verbal or visual thought and chatter
• it's not phony propaganda systems of authority systems repition suppression
• it is - empty clean and highy observant - wipe the slate clean and observe the dynamic flow of existence truth is alive always changing silent not chatter