Good & affordable ebooks - recommendations

[emaho]

What to do when you're short of money and you want to read books about Buddhism without pirating? Let's collect some recommendations for good and affordable ebooks here, both books that are currently on special offer and those that are always free or cheap.

Of course there's room for interpretation what exactly counts as "cheap", for me it's when the price is below 5€, others may have different standards, I guess we'll just have to deal with that. Just recommend whatever you think falls into this category

I'd like to start this thread with two books by Mathieu Ricard available for 4,65$ each:

Mathieu Ricard: The Art of Meditation

imo one of the best introductions to meditation, and

Mathieu Ricard: Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill

haven't read this one yet, but since it's by Ricard I have some confidence it's a good read. Afaik both books are not special offers but long-term low priced.

[emaho]

These books by Khenpo Tsultrim Lodro Rinpoche are free (long-term):

The Four Seals of Dharma

The Handbook for Life's Journey

Are you ready for happiness?

The Right View: Turning Believers into Bodhisattvas

[emaho]

Free ebooks by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche:

Teachings on Ngondro

Parting from the Four Attachments

What to do at India's Buddhist Holy Sites

Buddha Nature

Introduction to the Middle Way

Living is Dying – How to Prepare for Dying, Death and Beyond

[Kim O'Hara]

I like real (dead-tree) books so I'm going to suggest haunting your local thrift shops, book exchanges, etc. It adds nice elements of serendipity, recycling and community to the whole process, because you find old copies of Zen Flesh, Zen Bones or something theosophical alongside Castaneda or The Imitation of Christ.

Of course, your success rate is much higher if your local meditation centre or yoga studio has a book exchange.

And if it hasn't, you can ask if you can start one.



Kim

[Könchok Thrinley]

Definetly this free copy of Atisha's Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment (here: https://dharmaebooks.org/the-lamp-for-t ... ghtenment/ ) and Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend. For complete intro I'd definetly recomment Patrul Rinpoche's Words of My Perfect Teacher.

[Lukeinaz]

https://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Long ... way&sr=8-2

[emaho]

Lotsawa House:

https://www.lotsawahouse.org/

and the Berzin Archives:

https://studybuddhism.com/

[Matt J]

There are tons of books on Scribd for less than $10 a month.

[humble.student]

Good thread, proactive and useful.

I want to say I've been very pleased to find that Padmakara have not only being producing some great translations of important works in different languages, they also have a whole bunch of booklets of shorter works, including prayers and sadhanas too, quite cheap, and really excellent service.

http://www.padmakara.com/gb/

For the English booklets:
http://www.padmakara.com/gb/41-livrets- ... ry=41&n=35

[emaho]

Matthieu Ricard's book "Altruism: The Power of Compassion to Change Yourself and the World" is currently on offer for $1,65:

https://www.amazon.com/Altruism-Compass ... 00UQY87Q4/

[emaho]

A free pdf with Meditation Pith Instructions by Garchen Rinpoche:

http://drikungdharmasurya.org/wp-conten ... hfwUgJG_Dg

And this ebook by Garchen Rinpoche "Mahamudra Teachings" is $3.08:

https://www.amazon.com/Mahamudra-Teachi ... 005DHYEA2/

[Vasana]

Growing collection available for free;

https://dharmaebooks.org/

Gyalwang Karmapa launched his new website, Dharma eBooks, which will be a growing collection of texts, practices and commentaries - some of which have been difficult to find.

Dharma Ebooks is a site featuring ebook editions primarily of the Buddhist canon in Tibetan, Buddhist philosophical texts from the Tibetan traditions, and practice texts.
Dharma Treasure has undertaken this project in accordance with the wishes of the Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje.

Each text is translated into various languages and is available for download to iOS, Android, Kindle and others so that students can access Dharma books from wherever they

[Schrödinger’s Yidam]

“Turning Toward Awareness” by Ven. George Teng. $4 on kindle.

Published posthumously. He was my teacher.