Suggested Books

Soul Food: Stories to Nourish the Spirit and the Heart  by Jack Kornfield & Christina Feldman

Welcome to the Gaia House Bookstore. 

The books listed here are by Gaia House teachers and are thoroughly recommended. 

Visit the Gaia House Book Store if you would like to purchase these books through Amazon.co.uk. We receive a small commission on any Amazon sales generated through this portal, but you are equally encouraged to support small book retailers, or to use other on-line retailers such as Wisdom Books, Wisdom Publications (USA) or The Book Depository.

Buddhanet ebooks has an extensive collection of Buddhist e-Books all free to download.

Access to Insight has many Buddhist texts and translations, free to download, and also lists of Buddhist organisations that offer free printed books and other resources.

Recommended Reading:

Bhante Gunaratana: Mindfulness in Plain English

Bhikkhu Bodhi: In the Buddha’s Words and Noble Eightfold Path

Christina Feldman: Woman Awake, Compassion, Way of Meditation, Soul Food, Silence, The Buddhist Path to Simplicity and Beginner’s Guide to Buddhist Meditation

Jack Kornfield: A Path with Heart

John Crook: World Crisis and Buddhist Humanism

John Teasdale: The Mindful Way Through Depression and Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for Depression

A Path with Heart By Jack Kornfield

Jon Kabat-Zinn: Wherever You Go, There You are: Mindfulness Meditation for Everyday Life and Full Catastrophe Living

Joseph Goldstein: The Experience of Insight  and Insight Meditation Kit

Martine Batchelor: Meditation for Life, The Path of Compassion, Women in Korean Zen and Let Go: A Buddhist Guide to Breaking Free of Habits

Reb Anderson: Warm Smiles from Cold Mountains and Being Upright: Zen Meditation and the Bodhisattva Precepts

Sharon Salzberg: Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness and Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience

Stephen Batchelor: Alone with Others, The Faith to Doubt, The Awakening of the West, Buddhism Without Beliefs, Living with the Devil, Confession of a Buddhist Atheist and Verses from the Center