Library

We have copies of the following books in our library. Links have been provided for majority of the books so people can get some idea of what they are about. Unfortunately not all links have previews of the contents in the books; some only have book info and a cover picture.
Our borrowing policy is quite liberal. Borrowers just have to record their full name and contact details. We are happy for people to borrow the books for as long as they need, within reason. We hold all of the books at our Centre in Ascot Vale and anybody, students or the general public, are more than welcome to come and borrow. Alternatively book pickups and book returns can be arranged to be made from the RMIT city campus, and book returns can be made by post. You can contact us via email which is listed on the ‘Contact’ page.

 

Authors:

Ajahn Brahm
Mindfulness, Bliss & Beyond
Open the Door of Your Heart
The Basic Method of Meditation (x3)

Ajahn Chah
A Still Forest Pool
Being Dharma
Bodhinyana
Everything is Teaching Us
Meditation (x2)
Unshakable Peace For Reflection (x5)

Ajahn Sumedho
Mindfulness: The Path to the Deathless

Alan Watts
Tao: The Water Course Way

Buddhadasa Bikkhu
Heartwood of the Bodhi Tree
Mindfulness with Breathing

Charlotte Joko Beck
Everyday Zen
Nothing Special (x2)

Dzongsar Khyentse
What Makes You Not A Buddhist (x2)

Jack Kornfield
A Path With Heart

John Crook
Catching a Feather on a Fan: a Zen Retreat with Master Sheng Yen

Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation

Jost Sauer
Higher & Higher
The Perfect Day Plan

Khenchen Appey Rinpoche
Clarifying the Sage’s Intent

Lama Choedak Yuthok
Original Virtue

Master Chin Kung
Liaofan’s Four Lessons: Changing Destiny (x2)

Master Han-Shan
Pure Land of the Patriarchs (x2)

Master Hsuan Hua
Records of the Life of the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua. Vol.2 (x2)

Patrul Rinpoche
The Words of My Perfect Teacher (x2)

Robert E. Buswell
The Zen Monastic Experience

Sallie Tisdale
Women Of The Way

Sulak Sivaraksa
Loyalty Demands Dissent

Thrangu Rinpoche
King of Samadhi

Tom Dummer
Vajrayana Student Notebook

Walpola Rahula
What the Buddha Taught (x2)

William Bodri
The Little Book of Hercules: The Physical Aspects of the Spiritual Path
Twenty-Five Doors to Meditation: A Handbook for Entering Samadhi


Editors:

Arnold Kotler
Engaged Buddhist Reader

Esther Thien
Tales of the Buddha’s Former Lives: Stories 1-50
Tales of the Buddha’s Former Lives: Stories 51-100

Kazuaki Tanahashi
Enlightenment Unfolds

Kenneth Kraft
Zen: Tradition & Transition

S. Kaza and K. Kraft
Dharma Rain


Translators:

A. F. Price, Wong Mou-lam
The Diamond Sutra & The Sutra of Hui-Neng

Anana Maitreya
The Dhammapada

B.Alan Wallace & Vesna A. Wallace
A Guide To Bodhisattva Way of Life (By Shantideva)

Bhikkhu Nanamoli & Bhikku Bodhi
The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha

Boep Joeng
The Mirror Of Zen

Brian Walker
Hua Hu Ching: The Unknown Teachings Of Lao Tzu

Burton Watson
Grass Hill: Poems and Prose by the Japanese Monk Gensei

David Templeman
Taranatha’s Life of Krsnacarya/Kanha

D. R. Fraser, R. F. Sasaki, Y. Iriya
A Man of Zen: The Recorded Sayings of Layman P’ang

Francesca Fremantle
The Tibetan Book of the Dead

Janis Walker & Mergaret Yuan
Grass Mountain (Seven-day Chan Master Nan retreat) (x2)

John Blofeld
The Zen Teachings of Huang Po: The Transmissions of Mind

Kwok Man Ho & Joanne O’Brien
The Eight Immortals of Taoism

Lobsang P. Lhalungpa
The Life of Milarepa

Nalanda Trans. Committee
The Life of Marpa the Translator

Norman Waddell
The Essenial Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin

Red Pine
The Diamond Sutra
The Heart Sutra (x2)
The Platform Sutra; The Zen Teaching of Hui-Neng

Robert Thurman
The Tibetan Book of the Dead

Thomas Cleary
Alchemists, Mediums and Magicians: Stories of the Taoist Mystics
The Book of Leadership and Strategy
Classics of Buddhism and Zen. Vol.1-5
The Sutra of Hui-Neng; Grand Master of Zen
The Taoist Classics. Vol.1-4
Zen Antics: A Hundred Stories of Enlightenment
Zen Essence: The Science of Freedom
Zen Lessons (x2)
Zen Letters: Teachings of Yuanwu