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Do you have any good suggestions for "the classics"? I've read "Siddhartha", "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind", and I'm just about done with "Mindfulness in Plain Eng
by beatgammit 8y ago
Do you have any good suggestions for "the classics"? I've read "Siddhartha", "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind", and I'm just about done with "Mindfulness in Plain English".
I'm pretty new to the whole idea of meditation, and I'm still a bit skeptical about it, but I'm willing to go all in for a few weeks to see how it goes.
I feel like reading will help me keep going. I've heard it's good, but I'm really not sure what the goal is, so perhaps further reading will help me "stay on the course" or whatever.
- kranner 8y agoOther than Culadasa's 'The Mind Illuminated' which others have recommended here, I can recommend Michael Taft's 'The Mindful Geek'. There's also Chade-Meng Tan's 'Joy on Demand'. If you don't actually meditate regularly, much of what even the best meditation books talk about can sound faffy and repetitive. So please, give the actual practice at least a month or two before deciding to drop it. Even 10 minutes a day is OK if you don't skip more than a day or two over several weeks. Practicing everyday builds aptitude and sensitivity during concentration meditation a lot better than longer sessions with gaps of a few days.