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Books like What the Buddha Taught
What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula is about buddhism, suffering, the eightfold path. If that's what drew you in, here are 6 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Dhammapada
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Anonymous · Religion & Spirituality
The Dhammapada — Path of Truth or Path of the Dhamma — is the most widely read canonical Buddhist text in the world, a collection of 423 verses attributed to the Buddha and compiled from the Pali Canon.
Read the summary → - Why Buddhism Is True
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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.
Read the summary → - The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching
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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.
Read the summary → - The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
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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.
Read the summary → - A History of God
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Karen Armstrong · Religion & Spirituality
A History of God is Karen Armstrong's account of how the idea of God has changed over four thousand years across Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, with excursions into Hinduism and Buddhism.
Read the summary → - A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
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A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
Eckhart Tolle · Religion & Spirituality
A New Earth is Eckhart Tolle's follow-up to The Power of Now, applying the same framework of presence and ego-transcendence to a broader account of human dysfunction and its transformation.
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