🌏 Burmese Setting

Stories set in Myanmar, evoking its golden pagodas, river landscapes, and the complex realities of life in a country shaped by beauty, isolation, and political upheaval.

Letters from Burma

by Aung San Suu Kyi • 1995

Compassion beats brutality in politics: a Nobel laureate's letters from house arrest in Burma.

3.90

2k+

🇲🇲 Burmese Politics ☸️ Engaged Buddhism ✊ Nonviolent Resistance

Letters from Burma 89%

Compassion beats brutality in politics: a Nobel laureate's letters from house arrest in Burma.

by Aung San Suu Kyi 1995

3.90

2k+ ratings

🇲🇲 Burmese Politics ☸️ Engaged Buddhism ✊ Nonviolent Resistance

The Hidden History of Burma

by Thant Myint-U • 2019

Colonial racial order, heroin capital, Facebook hate: the real story of Burma's collapse.

4.13

2k+

🇲🇲 Myanmar 🗳️ Burmese Politics 🌏 Southeast Asian History

The Hidden History of Burma 89%

Colonial racial order, heroin capital, Facebook hate: the real story of Burma's collapse.

by Thant Myint-U 2019

4.13

2k+ ratings

🇲🇲 Myanmar 🗳️ Burmese Politics 🌏 Southeast Asian History

The Glass Palace

by Amitav Ghosh • 2000

At Mandalay's fall, an orphan glimpses a palace maid and pursues her across shattered empires.

4.00

28k+

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 🛕 Colonial Burma 🧳 Exile And Displacement

The Glass Palace 87%

At Mandalay's fall, an orphan glimpses a palace maid and pursues her across shattered empires.

by Amitav Ghosh 2000

4.00

28k+ ratings

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 🛕 Colonial Burma 🧳 Exile And Displacement

Little Angels

by Phra Peter Pannapadipo • 2005

Most Thai novice monks did not choose the monastery. Hunger chose for them.

3.94

135

🧘 Thai Buddhism 🏯 Buddhist Monasticism 📿 Monastic Life

Little Angels 87%

Most Thai novice monks did not choose the monastery. Hunger chose for them.

by Phra Peter Pannapadipo 2005

3.94

135 ratings

🧘 Thai Buddhism 🏯 Buddhist Monasticism 📿 Monastic Life

The Art of Hearing Heartbeats

by Jan-Philipp Sendker • 2002

A letter from Burma reveals her vanished father's secret: a love story spanning fifty years.

4.03

89k+

💫 Epic Love Story 💔 Separated Lovers ✨ Fated Love

The Art of Hearing Heartbeats 87%

A letter from Burma reveals her vanished father's secret: a love story spanning fifty years.

by Jan-Philipp Sendker 2002

4.03

89k+ ratings

💫 Epic Love Story 💔 Separated Lovers ✨ Fated Love

Beyond the Sky and the Earth

by Jamie Zeppa • 1999

Teaching in a Himalayan village, she learns Buddhism, political danger, and the slow art of arrival.

4.16

4k+

🏔️ Bhutan 😵‍💫 Culture Shock 🧑‍🏫 Teaching Abroad

Beyond the Sky and the Earth 86%

Teaching in a Himalayan village, she learns Buddhism, political danger, and the slow art of arrival.

by Jamie Zeppa 1999

4.16

4k+ ratings

🏔️ Bhutan 😵‍💫 Culture Shock 🧑‍🏫 Teaching Abroad

Thailand - Culture Smart!

by Roger Jones • 2003

Navigate Thailand without losing face: the cultural codes that turn visitors into welcome guests.

3.91

287

🏯 Thai Culture 📚 Cultural Guidebooks 🌏 Cross-Cultural Communication

Thailand - Culture Smart! 86%

Navigate Thailand without losing face: the cultural codes that turn visitors into welcome guests.

by Roger Jones 2003

3.91

287 ratings

🏯 Thai Culture 📚 Cultural Guidebooks 🌏 Cross-Cultural Communication

Bangkok Days

by Lawrence Osborne • 2009

Bangkok is where failed Western men go to disappear. One of them reports what he found.

3.41

1k+

📖 Literary Travel Writing 🧳 Expat Life 🌏 Cultural Dislocation

Bangkok Days 86%

Bangkok is where failed Western men go to disappear. One of them reports what he found.

by Lawrence Osborne 2009

3.41

1k+ ratings

📖 Literary Travel Writing 🧳 Expat Life 🌏 Cultural Dislocation

Brilliant Moon

by Dilgo Khyentse • 2008

He walked out of Tibet with goats and monks, then became the Dalai Lama's teacher.

4.48

132

🏔️ Tibetan Buddhism 📿 Spiritual Biography 🔀 Rimé Movement

Brilliant Moon 86%

He walked out of Tibet with goats and monks, then became the Dalai Lama's teacher.

by Dilgo Khyentse 2008

4.48

132 ratings

🏔️ Tibetan Buddhism 📿 Spiritual Biography 🔀 Rimé Movement

The Heart Remembers

by Jan-Philipp Sendker • 2019

A scarred boy in Burma searches for his missing mother, guided by letters and fireside tales.

3.96

3k+

🏔️ Family Saga 🔒 Hidden Family Secrets 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family

The Heart Remembers 85%

A scarred boy in Burma searches for his missing mother, guided by letters and fireside tales.

by Jan-Philipp Sendker 2019

3.96

3k+ ratings

🏔️ Family Saga 🔒 Hidden Family Secrets 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family

What the Buddha Taught

by Walpola Rahula • 1959

No faith, no dogma: the Buddha's original teachings as a practical psychology for ending suffering.

4.18

13k+

🧘 Theravada Buddhism 📜 Pali Canon 🚪 Introductory Buddhism

What the Buddha Taught 85%

No faith, no dogma: the Buddha's original teachings as a practical psychology for ending suffering.

by Walpola Rahula 1959

4.18

13k+ ratings

🧘 Theravada Buddhism 📜 Pali Canon 🚪 Introductory Buddhism

The Ends of the Earth

by Robert D. Kaplan • 1996

Rivers and soil shape nations more than constitutions. A journey to the frontiers where states fail.

4.11

2k+

🗺️ Political Travelogue 🌍 Geopolitical Analysis 🌱 Environmental Determinism

The Ends of the Earth 85%

Rivers and soil shape nations more than constitutions. A journey to the frontiers where states fail.

by Robert D. Kaplan 1996

4.11

2k+ ratings

🗺️ Political Travelogue 🌍 Geopolitical Analysis 🌱 Environmental Determinism

Secular Buddhism

by Stephen Batchelor • 2017

Buddhism without rebirth or ritual: four practical tasks for flourishing in this life, right now.

3.88

289

🧘 Secular Buddhism 🤔 Agnostic Spirituality 🛠️ Practice Over Belief

Secular Buddhism 85%

Buddhism without rebirth or ritual: four practical tasks for flourishing in this life, right now.

by Stephen Batchelor 2017

3.88

289 ratings

🧘 Secular Buddhism 🤔 Agnostic Spirituality 🛠️ Practice Over Belief

The Snow Leopard

by Peter Matthiessen • 1978

Grieving widower's Himalayan trek for a snow leopard becomes a Zen pilgrimage when it never appears.

4.06

21k+

🌿 Nature Writing 🏔️ Spiritual Pilgrimage 🧘 Zen Buddhism

The Snow Leopard 85%

Grieving widower's Himalayan trek for a snow leopard becomes a Zen pilgrimage when it never appears.

by Peter Matthiessen 1978

4.06

21k+ ratings

🌿 Nature Writing 🏔️ Spiritual Pilgrimage 🧘 Zen Buddhism

A Doctor in the House

by Mahathir Mohamad • 2011

A country doctor, expelled by his party, returned to lead Malaysia and told the IMF no.

4.27

1k+

🌏 Southeast Asian Politics 🏗️ Nation-Building 📜 Political Memoirs

A Doctor in the House 85%

A country doctor, expelled by his party, returned to lead Malaysia and told the IMF no.

by Mahathir Mohamad 2011

4.27

1k+ ratings

🌏 Southeast Asian Politics 🏗️ Nation-Building 📜 Political Memoirs

River Town

by Peter Hessler • 2001

Fuling: no Americans in 50 years. Hessler arrived a teacher, and became Ho Wei.

4.28

14k+

🌾 Rural China 📍 Memoir Of Place 🗣️ Language Immersion

River Town 85%

Fuling: no Americans in 50 years. Hessler arrived a teacher, and became Ho Wei.

by Peter Hessler 2001

4.28

14k+ ratings

🌾 Rural China 📍 Memoir Of Place 🗣️ Language Immersion

The Noble Eightfold Path

by Bhikkhu Bodhi • 1994

The Buddha's eight steps to end suffering, walked one by one without shortcuts.

4.43

1k+

🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🧠 Buddhist Philosophy ⚖️ Buddhist Ethics

The Noble Eightfold Path 85%

The Buddha's eight steps to end suffering, walked one by one without shortcuts.

by Bhikkhu Bodhi 1994

4.43

1k+ ratings

🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🧠 Buddhist Philosophy ⚖️ Buddhist Ethics

Short Stories in French for Beginners

by Olly Richards • 2018

Eight short stories that make French feel like an adventure, not a lesson.

4.04

1k+

🎒 Graded Reader 🇫🇷 French Setting 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Short Stories in French for Beginners Summary

Short Stories in French for Beginners 85%

Eight short stories that make French feel like an adventure, not a lesson.

by Olly Richards 2018

4.04

1k+ ratings

🎒 Graded Reader 🇫🇷 French Setting 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Breath by Breath

by Larry Rosenberg • 1998

Breath as teacher: a guide to the meditation that builds clarity, steadiness, and real freedom.

4.35

975

🧘 Insight Meditation 🪷 Theravada Buddhism 🌬️ Mindful Breathing

Breath by Breath 85%

Breath as teacher: a guide to the meditation that builds clarity, steadiness, and real freedom.

by Larry Rosenberg 1998

4.35

975 ratings

🧘 Insight Meditation 🪷 Theravada Buddhism 🌬️ Mindful Breathing

After Buddhism

by Stephen Batchelor • 2015

Before Buddhism became a religion, it was a practical philosophy for flourishing in this life.

4.20

918

🏛️ Secular Buddhism 📜 Buddhist Philosophy 🔬 Religious Naturalism

After Buddhism 85%

Before Buddhism became a religion, it was a practical philosophy for flourishing in this life.

by Stephen Batchelor 2015

4.20

918 ratings

🏛️ Secular Buddhism 📜 Buddhist Philosophy 🔬 Religious Naturalism

Abroad in Japan

by Chris Broad • 2023

He went to rural Japan to teach English. A missile alert at dawn changed everything.

4.11

23k+

🏞️ Rural Japan 📚 Teaching Abroad 🍜 Japanese Food

Abroad in Japan 85%

He went to rural Japan to teach English. A missile alert at dawn changed everything.

by Chris Broad 2023

4.11

23k+ ratings

🏞️ Rural Japan 📚 Teaching Abroad 🍜 Japanese Food

American Shaolin

by Matthew Polly • 2007

A Princeton dropout arrives at Shaolin expecting mystical masters and finds a kung fu theme park.

4.02

3k+

🥋 Martial Arts Memoirs 🇨🇳 China Travelogues 🌏 Cultural Immersion

American Shaolin 85%

A Princeton dropout arrives at Shaolin expecting mystical masters and finds a kung fu theme park.

by Matthew Polly 2007

4.02

3k+ ratings

🥋 Martial Arts Memoirs 🇨🇳 China Travelogues 🌏 Cultural Immersion

Buddha

by Deepak Chopra • 2007

A prince leaves his kingdom to find the end of suffering, facing demons, desire, and death.

3.93

12k+

🧘 Buddhist Fiction 🏰 Gilded Cage 🔍 Spiritual Seeker

Buddha 85%

A prince leaves his kingdom to find the end of suffering, facing demons, desire, and death.

by Deepak Chopra 2007

3.93

12k+ ratings

🧘 Buddhist Fiction 🏰 Gilded Cage 🔍 Spiritual Seeker

The Third Eye

by T. Lobsang Rampa • 1958

Destined for the lamasery, a Tibetan boy undergoes an ancient operation granting clairvoyant sight.

3.96

4k+

🛕 Tibetan Buddhism 📜 Esoteric Memoir 👁️ Clairvoyance

The Third Eye 85%

Destined for the lamasery, a Tibetan boy undergoes an ancient operation granting clairvoyant sight.

by T. Lobsang Rampa 1958

3.96

4k+ ratings

🛕 Tibetan Buddhism 📜 Esoteric Memoir 👁️ Clairvoyance

Sovietistan

by Erika Fatland • 2014

Why a country made gas and electricity free, and what happened when it all ran out.

4.27

9k+

🗺️ Post-Soviet States 🏛️ Central Asian History 🚫 Authoritarian Regimes

Sovietistan 85%

Why a country made gas and electricity free, and what happened when it all ran out.

by Erika Fatland 2014

4.27

9k+ ratings

🗺️ Post-Soviet States 🏛️ Central Asian History 🚫 Authoritarian Regimes

When Broken Glass Floats

by Chanrithy Him • 2000

Nine when Phnom Penh emptied overnight. Fourteen when she buried her parents and three siblings.

4.18

5k+

🏴 Khmer Rouge 👧 Child Survivor 🗣️ Survivor Testimony

When Broken Glass Floats 85%

Nine when Phnom Penh emptied overnight. Fourteen when she buried her parents and three siblings.

by Chanrithy Him 2000

4.18

5k+ ratings

🏴 Khmer Rouge 👧 Child Survivor 🗣️ Survivor Testimony

The Monks and Me

by Mary Paterson • 2012

Forty days at Plum Village: breathing, walking, and the slow work of getting out of your own way.

3.75

492

🪷 Zen Buddhism ✍️ Spiritual Memoir 🧘 Mindfulness Practice

The Monks and Me 85%

Forty days at Plum Village: breathing, walking, and the slow work of getting out of your own way.

by Mary Paterson 2012

3.75

492 ratings

🪷 Zen Buddhism ✍️ Spiritual Memoir 🧘 Mindfulness Practice

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

by Shehan Karunatilaka • 2022

A dead war photographer has seven days to solve his murder and the crimes he photographed.

3.90

62k+

📑 Bureaucratic Afterlife 👻 Dead Narrator 🔍 Hidden Evidence

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida Summary

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida 84%

A dead war photographer has seven days to solve his murder and the crimes he photographed.

by Shehan Karunatilaka 2022

3.90

62k+ ratings

📑 Bureaucratic Afterlife 👻 Dead Narrator 🔍 Hidden Evidence

Buddhism Is Not What You Think

by Steve Hagen • 2003

Buddhism isn't a self-help project. It's about seeing what's real, not what your mind imagines.

4.09

1k+

🧘 Buddhist Philosophy 🎋 Zen Practice 🧠 Mindfulness

Buddhism Is Not What You Think 84%

Buddhism isn't a self-help project. It's about seeing what's real, not what your mind imagines.

by Steve Hagen 2003

4.09

1k+ ratings

🧘 Buddhist Philosophy 🎋 Zen Practice 🧠 Mindfulness

Happier Than A Billionaire

by Nadine Hays Pisani • 2011

What two burnt-out chiropractors discovered in Costa Rica: bat caves, monkeys, and a weird dog lady.

3.89

2k+

🧳 Expat Memoirs 🌎 Cultural Immersion ⏬ Downshifting

Happier Than A Billionaire 84%

What two burnt-out chiropractors discovered in Costa Rica: bat caves, monkeys, and a weird dog lady.

by Nadine Hays Pisani 2011

3.89

2k+ ratings

🧳 Expat Memoirs 🌎 Cultural Immersion ⏬ Downshifting

First They Killed My Father

by Loung Ung • 2000

Cambodia, 1975: a five-year-old loses all to the Khmer Rouge and becomes a child soldier to survive.

4.36

55k+

💀 Cambodian Genocide 🪖 War Memoir 👧 Child Survivor

First They Killed My Father 84%

Cambodia, 1975: a five-year-old loses all to the Khmer Rouge and becomes a child soldier to survive.

by Loung Ung 2000

4.36

55k+ ratings

💀 Cambodian Genocide 🪖 War Memoir 👧 Child Survivor

The Art of Disappearing

by Ajahn Brahm • 2011

Lasting joy begins where self dissolves: a Theravada monk shows how to let go completely.

4.30

531

🛕 Theravada 🧘 Buddhist Meditation 🍂 Letting Go

The Art of Disappearing 84%

Lasting joy begins where self dissolves: a Theravada monk shows how to let go completely.

by Ajahn Brahm 2011

4.30

531 ratings

🛕 Theravada 🧘 Buddhist Meditation 🍂 Letting Go

Buddhism for Beginners

by Thubten Chodron • 2001

Ending suffering is a skill. Here is the training manual: no dogma, just method.

3.80

4k+

📖 Buddhist Fundamentals 🧠 Buddhist Philosophy 🧘 Meditation Practice

Buddhism for Beginners 84%

Ending suffering is a skill. Here is the training manual: no dogma, just method.

by Thubten Chodron 2001

3.80

4k+ ratings

📖 Buddhist Fundamentals 🧠 Buddhist Philosophy 🧘 Meditation Practice

A Long Way Home

by Saroo Brierley • 2013

Lost as a boy in India, Saroo Brierley spent years searching for home with Google Earth.

4.12

68k+

📖 Adoption Memoir 🔍 Search For Identity 🧒 Childhood Survival

A Long Way Home 84%

Lost as a boy in India, Saroo Brierley spent years searching for home with Google Earth.

by Saroo Brierley 2013

4.12

68k+ ratings

📖 Adoption Memoir 🔍 Search For Identity 🧒 Childhood Survival

Escape from Saddam

by Lewis Alsamari • 2007

He escaped the army, the wolves, and Saddam's Iraq. Then his family was arrested for it.

4.05

270

🏴 Life Under Dictatorship 🧳 Refugee Memoirs 🛂 Illegal Immigration

Escape from Saddam 84%

He escaped the army, the wolves, and Saddam's Iraq. Then his family was arrested for it.

by Lewis Alsamari 2007

4.05

270 ratings

🏴 Life Under Dictatorship 🧳 Refugee Memoirs 🛂 Illegal Immigration

Pain Free

by Pete Egoscue • 2000

Unshakeable happiness is a skill. The step-by-step method for training it is ancient and free.

4.17

2k+

☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🧠 Mindfulness Meditation 💗 Loving-Kindness

Pain Free 84%

Unshakeable happiness is a skill. The step-by-step method for training it is ancient and free.

by Pete Egoscue 2000

4.17

2k+ ratings

☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🧠 Mindfulness Meditation 💗 Loving-Kindness

Pok Pok

by Andy Ricker • 2013

A chef spent years copying Thai street vendors. His manual: mortar, wok, pantry, and real flavor.

4.21

1k+

🌶️ Thai Cuisine 🍜 Street Food 🗺️ Regional Cooking

Pok Pok 84%

A chef spent years copying Thai street vendors. His manual: mortar, wok, pantry, and real flavor.

by Andy Ricker 2013

4.21

1k+ ratings

🌶️ Thai Cuisine 🍜 Street Food 🗺️ Regional Cooking

The Latehomecomer

by Kao Kalia Yang • 2008

A family's flight from the Secret War, told by the daughter born in a refugee camp.

4.18

9k+

🏞️ Hmong Diaspora 🌏 Refugee Narratives 🕰️ Intergenerational Memory

The Latehomecomer 84%

A family's flight from the Secret War, told by the daughter born in a refugee camp.

by Kao Kalia Yang 2008

4.18

9k+ ratings

🏞️ Hmong Diaspora 🌏 Refugee Narratives 🕰️ Intergenerational Memory

Adventure Capitalist

by Jim Rogers • 2003

One car, 116 countries, zero flights. The investment lessons hiding at the world's border crossings.

4.01

2k+

📈 Emerging Markets 🚗 Travel Memoir 🛣️ Overland Travel

Adventure Capitalist 84%

One car, 116 countries, zero flights. The investment lessons hiding at the world's border crossings.

by Jim Rogers 2003

4.01

2k+ ratings

📈 Emerging Markets 🚗 Travel Memoir 🛣️ Overland Travel

Being Peace

by Thich Nhat Hanh • 1987

Peace isn't signed; it's breathed. A Zen master on why inner calm must come first.

4.32

15k+

☸️ Engaged Buddhism 🧘 Zen Practice 🌻 Everyday Mindfulness

Being Peace 84%

Peace isn't signed; it's breathed. A Zen master on why inner calm must come first.

by Thich Nhat Hanh 1987

4.32

15k+ ratings

☸️ Engaged Buddhism 🧘 Zen Practice 🌻 Everyday Mindfulness

Tall Order

by Shing Huei Peh • 2018

He replaced a legend, then did the unthinkable: stayed himself. A prime minister's rise.

4.22

664

🇸🇬 Singaporean Politics 📖 Political Biography 🌱 Humble Beginnings

Tall Order 84%

He replaced a legend, then did the unthinkable: stayed himself. A prime minister's rise.

by Shing Huei Peh 2018

4.22

664 ratings

🇸🇬 Singaporean Politics 📖 Political Biography 🌱 Humble Beginnings

L'art de la Simplicité

by Dominique Loreau • 2008

Why owning less is the real luxury, and how French and Japanese simplicity teach it.

3.51

6k+

🇫🇷 French Lifestyle 🌿 Simple Living 🧘 Zen Buddhism

L'art de la Simplicité 84%

Why owning less is the real luxury, and how French and Japanese simplicity teach it.

by Dominique Loreau 2008

3.51

6k+ ratings

🇫🇷 French Lifestyle 🌿 Simple Living 🧘 Zen Buddhism

Against the Stream

by Noah Levine • 2007

Buddhism stripped of dogma: a rebel's guide to meditation, ethics, and the end of craving.

4.04

2k+

🧘 Buddhist Practice 🩹 Addiction Recovery ✊ Engaged Buddhism

Against the Stream 84%

Buddhism stripped of dogma: a rebel's guide to meditation, ethics, and the end of craving.

by Noah Levine 2007

4.04

2k+ ratings

🧘 Buddhist Practice 🩹 Addiction Recovery ✊ Engaged Buddhism

Eastward to Tartary

by Robert D. Kaplan • 2001

From Budapest to the Caspian, a journey through lands where history refuses to end.

4.05

2k+

🗺️ Travel Writing 🌍 Geopolitical Analysis 🏚️ Post-Communist States

Eastward to Tartary 84%

From Budapest to the Caspian, a journey through lands where history refuses to end.

by Robert D. Kaplan 2001

4.05

2k+ ratings

🗺️ Travel Writing 🌍 Geopolitical Analysis 🏚️ Post-Communist States

Usne Kaha Tha

by Charndradhar Sharma Guleri • 2025

A soldier's promise in WWI, a king's brutal justice, and seven more tales of Indian sacrifice.

3.73

🕉️ Hindi Classic 📚 Short Story Collection ⚖️ Indian Ethics

Usne Kaha Tha 84%

A soldier's promise in WWI, a king's brutal justice, and seven more tales of Indian sacrifice.

by Charndradhar Sharma Guleri 2025

3.73

22 ratings

🕉️ Hindi Classic 📚 Short Story Collection ⚖️ Indian Ethics

And Then One Day

by Naseeruddin Shah • 2014

His birth year was a mystery. Bollywood wanted a hero. He gave them an actor instead.

4.02

2k+

🎬 Bollywood Memoir 🇮🇳 Indian Cinema 🎭 Acting Memoir

And Then One Day 84%

His birth year was a mystery. Bollywood wanted a hero. He gave them an actor instead.

by Naseeruddin Shah 2014

4.02

2k+ ratings

🎬 Bollywood Memoir 🇮🇳 Indian Cinema 🎭 Acting Memoir

Essence of the Dhammapada

by Eknath Easwaran • 2013

Suffering has one cause, per the Dhammapada. Its exit plan is as precise as a diagnosis.

4.33

142

🪷 Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 📜 Pali Canon

Essence of the Dhammapada 84%

Suffering has one cause, per the Dhammapada. Its exit plan is as precise as a diagnosis.

by Eknath Easwaran 2013

4.33

142 ratings

🪷 Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 📜 Pali Canon

Zen Is Right Here

by Shunryu Suzuki • 2001

Awakening hides in dishwashing and bird calls, not in temples: a Zen master's anecdotes.

4.18

323

🧘 Zen Buddhism 🏯 Soto Zen 🌉 Modern Zen

Zen Is Right Here 84%

Awakening hides in dishwashing and bird calls, not in temples: a Zen master's anecdotes.

by Shunryu Suzuki 2001

4.18

323 ratings

🧘 Zen Buddhism 🏯 Soto Zen 🌉 Modern Zen

The Experience of Insight

by Joseph Goldstein • 1976

Watch the mind without controlling it: a classic guide to Buddhist insight meditation.

4.27

868

🧘 Insight Meditation 📿 Theravada Buddhism 🛡️ Buddhist Ethics

The Experience of Insight 84%

Watch the mind without controlling it: a classic guide to Buddhist insight meditation.

by Joseph Goldstein 1976

4.27

868 ratings

🧘 Insight Meditation 📿 Theravada Buddhism 🛡️ Buddhist Ethics

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

by Shunryu Suzuki • 1970

Mastery narrows your vision. The Zen practice of not-knowing is how you get it back.

4.21

50k+

🧘 Zen Practice ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy ⏳ Present Moment Awareness

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind 84%

Mastery narrows your vision. The Zen practice of not-knowing is how you get it back.

by Shunryu Suzuki 1970

4.21

50k+ ratings

🧘 Zen Practice ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy ⏳ Present Moment Awareness

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