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Books like Why Buddhism Is True
The best books like Why Buddhism Is True are What the Buddha Taught, The Dhammapada, and Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion. Why Buddhism Is True by Robert Wright is about buddhism, evolutionary psychology, mindfulness. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- What the Buddha Taught
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Walpola Rahula · Religion & Spirituality
What the Buddha Taught is widely considered the best short introduction to early Buddhism in the English language.
Shares buddhism and mindfulness with Why Buddhism Is True.
Read the summary → - 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.
Both dig into suffering.
Read the summary → - Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
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Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
Sam Harris · Religion & Spirituality
Waking Up is Sam Harris' argument that the insights of contemplative traditions — particularly Buddhism's claim that the sense of self is an illusion — can be separated from religious metaphysics and investigated directly through meditation and introspection.
Both dig into consciousness.
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- 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.
Shares buddhism and mindfulness with Why Buddhism Is True.
Read the summary → - The Power of Now
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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.
Shares mindfulness and suffering with Why Buddhism Is True.
Read the summary → - Radical Acceptance
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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.
Shares buddhism and mindfulness with Why Buddhism Is True.
Read the summary → - The Way of Zen
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Alan Watts · Religion & Spirituality
The Way of Zen was Alan Watts' most widely read and carefully argued work, published in 1957 at a time when Zen was largely unknown to English-speaking audiences.
Shares buddhism and consciousness with Why Buddhism Is True.
Read the summary → - When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
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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.
Shares buddhism and suffering with Why Buddhism Is True.
Read the summary → - How the Mind Works
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Steven Pinker · Science
How the Mind Works is Steven Pinker's synthesis of cognitive science and evolutionary psychology, built around a central thesis: the mind is a computational system — a neural computer — shaped by natural selection to solve the adaptive problems that faced our ancestors on the Pleistocene savanna.
Shares evolutionary psychology and consciousness with Why Buddhism Is True.
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.
Both dig into consciousness.
Read the summary → - Dark Night of the Soul
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John of the Cross · Religion & Spirituality
Dark Night of the Soul is a systematic commentary on a short poem John of the Cross wrote while imprisoned in Toledo in 1577.
Both dig into suffering.
Read the summary → - Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom
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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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Books like Why Buddhism Is True: quick answers
What are the best books like Why Buddhism Is True?
The best books like Why Buddhism Is True by Robert Wright are What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula, The Dhammapada by Anonymous, Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion by Sam Harris, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh, The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Why Buddhism Is True, such as buddhism, evolutionary psychology, mindfulness.
What should I read after Why Buddhism Is True?
A natural next read after Why Buddhism Is True is What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula. Shares buddhism and mindfulness with Why Buddhism Is True. Other strong choices are The Dhammapada by Anonymous, Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion by Sam Harris, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh.
What books are similar to Why Buddhism Is True by Robert Wright?
Why Buddhism Is True centers on buddhism, evolutionary psychology, mindfulness. Books with a similar feel include What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula, The Dhammapada by Anonymous, Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion by Sam Harris, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh, The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle, Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
