Books like Peace Is Every Step

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The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching

Thich Nhat Hanh · Religion & Spirituality

The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching is Thich Nhat Hanh's comprehensive introduction to core Buddhist teachings, written with the warmth and accessibility that characterize all of his work.

Both dig into mindfulness.

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Why Buddhism Is True

Robert Wright · Religion & Spirituality

Why Buddhism Is True is Robert Wright's argument that modern evolutionary psychology and neuroscience provide independent confirmation for core Buddhist claims about the mind, suffering, and the nature of the self.

Both dig into mindfulness.

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The Power of Now

Eckhart Tolle · Religion & Spirituality

The Power of Now is Eckhart Tolle's argument that the root of human suffering is identification with the stream of thought — the restless inner commentary that most people mistake for who they are.

Both dig into mindfulness.

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The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying

Sogyal Rinpoche · Religion & Spirituality

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying is Sogyal Rinpoche's comprehensive introduction to the Tibetan Buddhist understanding of death and the dying process, written for a Western audience unfamiliar with the tradition.

Both dig into compassion.

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The Miracle of Mindfulness

Thich Nhat Hanh · Religion & Spirituality

The Miracle of Mindfulness is Thich Nhat Hanh's introduction to mindfulness practice, originally written in Vietnamese as a letter to a fellow monk.

Shares mindfulness and present moment with Peace Is Every Step.

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Mindfulness for Beginners

Jon Kabat-Zinn · Health

Mindfulness for Beginners is Jon Kabat-Zinn's entry-level introduction to mindfulness meditation.

Shares mindfulness and present moment with Peace Is Every Step.

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The Mind of the Leader

Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter · Business

The Mind of the Leader makes a straightforward claim: the leadership crisis in most organizations is not a skills problem but a mental habits problem.

Shares mindfulness and compassion with Peace Is Every Step.

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Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom

Joseph Goldstein · Religion & Spirituality

Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom is Joseph Goldstein's distillation of vipassana — the Theravada Buddhist practice of direct investigation into the nature of mind and experience.

Both dig into mindfulness.

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Radical Acceptance

Tara Brach · Religion & Spirituality

Tara Brach, a psychologist and Buddhist meditation teacher, wrote Radical Acceptance as a response to what she calls the trance of unworthiness — the pervasive background feeling that something is fundamentally wrong with us, that we are not enough.

Both dig into mindfulness.

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The Good Heart

The Dalai Lama · Religion & Spirituality

The Good Heart records the Dalai Lama's commentary on selected passages from the Christian Gospels, delivered at a 1994 seminar organized by the John Main Institute in London.

Both dig into compassion.

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What the Buddha Taught

Walpola Rahula · Religion & Spirituality

What the Buddha Taught is widely considered the best short introduction to early Buddhism in the English language.

Both dig into mindfulness.

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When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

Pema Chödrön · Religion & Spirituality

When Things Fall Apart is a collection of talks and essays by Pema Chödrön, an American Buddhist nun in the Tibetan tradition, addressing how to work with difficulty, loss, and uncertainty rather than escape them.

Both dig into compassion.