Book Study Groups

In Person Group
Thurday from 3pm to 4pm at the Abbey. Choice of book TBD at first meeting.

Zoom Group
Friday from 11:00 am - 12:00
     Zoom Meeting: Organized by Madeleine Jacobs. Contact canonsangha8@gmail.com
     Please join even if you do not have a copy, we read out loud, then discuss.

The current book is:   ​Welcoming the Unwelcome, Pema Chödrön
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Books Previously Discussed
A Path With Heart, Jack Kornfield
Awakening, Rodney Smith
Being Nobody Going Nowhere, Ayya Khema
Beyond Happiness, The Zen Way to True Contentment. Ezra Bayda.
Bring Home the Dharma, Jack Kornfield
Budda's Daughters.  Andrea Miller.
Buddha Is as Buddha Does, Lama Surya Das*
Buddhism Without Beliefs, Stephen Batchelor*
Dancing with Life.  Phillip Moffitt
Insight Meditation Workbook, Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Salzburg*
Into the Heart of Life, Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
Lessons from the Dying, Rodney Smith
Living in the Light of Death by Larry Rosenburg.
Money Sex War Karma, Notes for a Buddhist Revolution. David Loy.
Patience, Alan Lokos
Radical Acceptance, Tara Brach
Still Forest Pone.  Ajahn Chan
Stepping Out of Self Deception, Rodney Smith
The Essential Crazy Wisdom, Wes “Scoop” Nisker
The Untethered Soul, Michael Singer
The Wise Heart,  Jack Kornfield
Training In Compassion, Norman Fischer
Wake Up to Your Life, Ken McLeod
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, Shunryu Suzuki
​The Authentic Life, Ezra Bayda
Five Invitations,  Frank Ostaseki
No Time to Loose,  Pema Chödrön
In Love with the World,​ Mingyur Rinpoche
Welcoming the Unwelcome, Pema Chödrön

*Recommended for individuals new to Buddhism