books

• these my favorite sources for books that free and online
• some also have audio or video
• there is one I cannot find for free that can be found used for $30

Chung Tai

• https://www.ctworld.org.tw/Buddhist%20e-Books/

BDK

• BDK stands for Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai, which translates to the Society for the Promotion of Buddhism
• https://www.bdkamerica.org/

dhammatalks

• https://www.dhammatalks.org/books/

BTTS

• Buddhist Text Translation Society (BTTS)
• https://www.buddhisttexts.org/

suggested approach

• Heart of the Buddha's Teaching - Thich Nhat Hanh audiobook or epub
• there are some unique approaches found in this book that are in no other sources
• https://plumvillage.org/books/the-heart-of-the-buddhas-teaching
• the heart sutra is a summary of the diamond sutra which is a summary of the full prajna paramita
• the heart sutra is one page takes minutes
• the diamond sutra is 32 chapters takes around an hour
• which is a summary of the full prajna paramita takes lifetimes
• more on the full prajna paramita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prajnaparamita

cormac mccarthy

• I also recommend all of cormac mccarthy's books
• they are not explicitly buddhism but they might as well be in my opinion

related

• heart sutra in depth https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqhBSEbitutu1nltHWUPyLzgRJx0VLRbL&si=WEyC_buEok-rQH18
• diamond sutra simplified translation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK9u7Jz-vNA
• diamond sutra samaneri https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5fIVLwGYI8
• Bhante Punnaji lessons https://www.youtube.com/@bhantepunnajivideo/videos
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