Some of Our Favorite Books on Buddhism

Mahathera Henepola Gunaratana
Mindfulness In Plain English
People do not respond to very stern and rigid language especially when we try to teach something which normally people don't engage in during their daily life. Meditation appears to them as something that they cannot always do. As more people turn to meditation, they need more simplified instructions so they can practice by themselves without a teacher around. This book is the result of requests made by many meditators who need a very simple book written in ordinary colloquial language.

Five Hindrances, Insight Meditation, Noble Eightfold Path, Right Concentration, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Seven Enlightenment Factors, Vipassana,

Walpola Rahula
What Buddha Taught
I have tried in this little book to address myself first of all to the educated and intelligent general reader, uninstructed in the subject, who would like to know what the Buddha actually taught. For his benefit I have aimed at giving briefly, and as directly and simply as possible, a faithful and accurate account of the actual words used by the Buddha as they are to be found in the original Pali texts of the Tipitaka.

Buddha, Dhamma, Four Noble Truths, Kamma, Mindfulness, Nibbana, Noble Eightfold Path, Sati, Seven Enlightenment Factors, Suffering, The Five Precepts, The Threefold Refuge,

Mahasi Sayadaw
The Satipatthana Vipassana Meditation
Satipatthana Vipassana Meditation is an in depth guide to mindfulness or Sati and explains the Vipassana meditation method as practiced and taught by the Buddha in the Satipatthana Sutta. It explains extensively the instructions given by the Buddha, the practice, and the theory behind it.

Anapanasati, Citta, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Insight Meditation, Kaya, Mindfulness, Mindfulness with Breathing, Satipatthana, Seven Enlightenment Factors, Vedana, Vipassana,