North Fork Sangha, a self-directed Buddhist meditation group, meets Monday evenings at 6:00 pm, upstairs at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Paonia, CO

Dharma Library

NFS now has a library of dharma books and magazines located on a shelf at our meditation room at Sacred Heart Church. These can be checked out and then returned when finished.  If you have any books and magazines you would like to donate to the sangha, please do!

  
Below is the most current list of our library's contents (All materials may not be available due to being borrowed.)   

North Fork Sangha Library 

(revised 2/12/2013)

Books

Aitken, Molly Emma:  Meeting the Buddha – On Pilgrimage in Buddhist India
Batchelor, Stephen:  Living with the Devil
Beck, Charlotte Joko:  Everyday Zen – Love and Work
Berger, K.T.:  Zen Driving
Boorstein, Sylvia:  It's Easier Than You Think – The Buddhist Way to Happiness
Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai (Society for the promotion of Buddhism):  The Teaching of the Buddha (2 copies)
Ching Hai, Supreme Master:  The Key of Immediate Enlightenment, Book 3
Chodron, Pema:  The Places that Scare You - A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
Chodron, Pema:  The Wisdom of No Escape and the Path of Loving-kindness
Chodron, Pema:  When Things Fall Apart
Conze, Edward et. al.:  Buddhist Texts Through the Ages
Dalai Lama:  An Open Heart – Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life
Dalai Lama:  Opening the Eye of New Awareness
Dalai Lama:  The Art of Happiness
Dalai Lama:  The Power of Compassion
David-Neel, Alexandra:  Initiations and Initiates in Tibet
Engle, Artemus B.:  The Inner Science of Buddhist Practice – Vasubandhu’s Summary of the Five Heaps with Commentary by Sthiramati
Epstein, Mark:  Thoughts Without a Thinker
Evans-Wentz, W.Y. (editor):  Tibet’s Great Yogi Milarepa
Fields, Rick et. al.:  Chop Wood, Carry Water
Fields, Rick:  How the Swans Came to the Lake – A Narrative History of Buddhism in America
Friedman, Lenore:  Meetings with Remarkable Women – Buddhist Teachers in America
Fronsdal, Gil:  The Issue At Hand – Essays On Buddhist Mindfulness Practice
Gunaratana, Venerable Henepola:  Mindfulness in Plain English
Gyatso, Geshe Kelsang:  Tantric Grounds and Paths – How to Enter, Progress On, and Complete the Vajrayana Path
Hagen, Steve:  Buddhism Is Not What You Think – Finding Freedom Beyond Beliefs
Hamilton, Elizabeth:  Untrain Your Parrot: And Other No-nonsense Instructions on the Path of Zen
Head, Joseph and S.L. Cranston (editors): Reincarnation – The Phoenix Fire Mystery, An East-West Dialogue on Death and Rebirth…. (chapter on Buddhism: pp. 60-107)
Holmes, Stewart W. and Chimyo Horioka:  Zen Art for Meditation
Huber, Jack:  Through an Eastern Window
Kabat-Zinn, Jon:  Wherever You Go, There You Are – Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life (2 copies)
Kapleau, Roshi Philip:  The Three Pillars of Zen (2 copies)
Kornfield, Jack:  A Path With Heart – a Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life (2 copies)
Lao Tsu (translated by Feng and English):  Tao Te Ching
Lhalungpa, Lobsang P. (translator):  The Life of Milarepa
Loori, John Daido:  Cave of Tigers
Macy, Joanna:  Coming Back to Life – Practices to Reconnect Our Lives, Our World
McDonald, Kathleen:  How to Meditate – A Practical Guide
Nanasampanno, Acariya Maha Boowa:  Venerable Acariya Mun Bhuridatta Thera - a Spiritual Biography
Nhat Hanh, Thich:  Peace is Every Step
Nhat Hanh, Thich:  Zen Poems of Nhat Hanh
Piyananda, Bhante Walpola:  The Bodhi Tree Grows in L.A. – Tales of a Buddhist Monk in America
Rahula, Walpola:  What the Buddha Taught
Ray, Reginald A.:  Secret of the Vajra World – The Tantric Buddhism of Tibet
Richmond, Lewis:  Healing Lazarus
Silaratano, Bhikkhu:  Mae Chee Kaew – Her Journey to Spiritual Awakening and Enlightenment (2 copies)
Smith, Jean:  The Beginner’s Guide to Zen Buddhism
Snow, Kimberley:  In Buddha’s Kitchen – Cooking, Being Cooked, and Other Adventures in a Meditation Center
Sogyal, Rinpoche:  The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
Stevens, John:  The Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei
Surya Das, Lama:  Awakening the Buddha Within – Eight Steps to Enlightenment (Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World)
Suzuki, Shunryu:  Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind
Tanahashi, Kazuaki (editor):  Moon in a Dewdrop – Writings of Zen Master Dogen
Thera, Nyanaponika:  The Vision of Dhamma
Thurman, Robert and Tad Wise:  Circling the Sacred Mountain
Thurman, Robert:  Essential Tibetan Buddhism
Thurman, Robert:  Infinite Life – Seven Virtues for Living Well
Tolle, Eckhart:  A New Earth – Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose
Tolle, Eckhart:  The Power of Now
Trungpa, Chogyam:  Crazy Wisdom
Trungpa, Chogyam:  Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
Trungpa, Chogyam:  Transcending Madness – the Experience of the Six Bardos
Tulku, Tarthang:  Gesture of Balance
Tulku, Tarthang:  Love of Knowledge
Tulku, Tarthang:  Skillful Means
Tulku, Tarthang:  Time, Space, and Knowledge – a New Vision of Reality
Warren, Henry Clarke:  Buddhism in Translations
Watts, Alan:  Buddhism - the Religion of No-religion
Watts, Alan:  The Way of Zen
Yeshe, Lama:  Becoming Your Own Therapist (expanded edition)
Yeshe, Lama:  Ego, Attachment and Liberation – Overcoming Your Mental Bureaucracy, a Five-Day Meditation Course
Yeshe, Lama:  Freedom Through Understanding – The Buddhist Path to Happiness and Liberation
Young, Serenity:  Dreaming in the Lotus – Buddhist Dream Narrative, Imagery, and Practice
Zopa Rinpoche, Lama:  Kadampa Teachings
Zopa Rinpoche, Lama:  Making Life Meaningful

Video

Surya Das, Lama:  Natural Meditation (34 minutes)

 Audio CDs

Eckel, Professor Malcolm David, from “The Great Courses:  Religion” by The Teaching Company:  Buddhism, Part 1 (6 CDs);  Buddhism, Part 2 (6 CDs)
Panya, Venerable Ajaan:  Dhamma Talks (2 CDs)

Audio Cassettes

Boorstein, Sylvia:  Road Sage:  mindfulness techniques for drivers

Magazines

Buddhadharma (four issues)
Buddhism Today (one issue)
Inquiring Mind (two issues)
Shambala Sun (two issues)
Tricycle Magazine (twelve issues)
Unity Magazine (one issue)

Various copied materials

Bibliographies
Meditation instructions
Talks by Peter Williams