The Greatest Books of All Time on Meditation

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
1083 Upanishads Unknown -799 Indian Sanskrit
1732 Zen In The Art Of Archery Eugen Herrigel 1948 German German
2856 The Dharma Bums Jack Kerouac 1958 American English
3323 Reveries of a Solitary Walker Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1782 French French
4688 Practical Mysticism Evelyn Underhill 1914 British English
5629 Mindfulness In Plain English Henepola Gunaratana 1994 American English
8342 Platform Sutra Huineng 713 Chinese Chinese
8772 An Introduction To Zen Buddhism D. T. Suzuki 1934 Japanese English
10241 In Love With The World Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, Helen Tworkov 2019 Unknown English
10396 Zhaun Falun Li Hongzhi 1992 Chinese Chinese
11567 The Imitation Of Christ Thomas à Kempis 1418 German Latin
12175 Tibetan Book Of The Dead Robert Thurman 1994 Tibetan English
13924 The Buddha And His Religion J. Barthelemy Saint-Hilaire 1860 French French
14520 Awakening Joy James Baraz 2010 American English
14554 The Headspace Guide To Meditation And Mindfulness Andy Puddicombe 2011 British English
14788 The Tibetan Book of the Dead Padmasambhava, Karma Lingpa 1350 Tibetan Tibetan
14985 Power Of Now Eckhart Tolle 1997 Canadian English
14985 Treasury Of The True Dharma Eye Kazuaki Tanahashi 2010 Japanese Japanese
14985 The Body Yasuo Yuasa 1987 Japanese Japanese
15866 Shobogenzo Dōgen 1231 Japanese Japanese
15916 A Guide To The Bodhisattva Way Of Life Santideva 700 Indian Sanskrit
17164 10% Happier Dan Harris 2014 American English
17164 A Sunlit Absence Martin Laird 2011 American English
17164 Into The Silent Land Martin Laird 2006 British English
17164 Think Like A Monk Jay Shetty 2020 British English
17164 Inner Engineering Sadhguru 2016 Indian English
17164 The Surrender Experiment Michael A. Singer 2015 American English
17164 Yoga Emmanuel Carrère 2020 French French
17164 Writing Down The Bones Natalie Goldberg 1986 American English
17164 The Wandering Mind Jamie Kreiner 2023 Unknown English
17164 Traditional Buddhist Mind Training: Essential Mind Training Thupten Jinpa Tibetan English
17164 Your Body Knows The Answer David I. Rome 2014 American English
17164 Clarifying The Natural State: A Principal Guidance Manual For Mahamudra Dakpo Tashi Namgyal 2004 Tibetan English
17164 Practicing The Power Of Now Eckhart Tolle 1997 Canadian English
17021 What The Buddha Taught Walpola Rahula 1959 British English
17164 The Circle Of Fire Don Miguel Ruiz 2013 Unknown English
17164 Yatharth Geeta Swami Adgadanand 1994 Indian Unknown
17164 Supernatural Joe Dispenza 2017 American English
17164 Buddhadharma anonymous Unknown Unknown