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9 Essential Books for Your Meditation Library

If you’re looking for good reads to begin or deepen your relationship to Buddhist meditation, you can’t go wrong with these nine essential picks.

Lion’s Roar Staff

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Read an excerpt from The Buddhist Tantras: A Guide

David B. Gray

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William S. Waldron

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Lion’s Roar March 2024 Book Reviews

Buddha Amitabha.

The History of Pure Land Buddhism

Dale Cooper.

The Dharma in Twin Peaks

Rod Meade Sperry

The Life of the Lotus Sutra

Dzogchen Explained

Roger R. Jackson

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Roger R. Jackson

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