What to Read After What the Buddha taught
Readers who loved What the Buddha taught by Walpola Rahula keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where What the Buddha taught is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after What the Buddha taught
The heart of the Buddha's teaching
Buddhism without Beliefs
Awakening the Buddha Within
The Three pillars of Zen
Cutting through spiritual materialism
The Heart Sutra
The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha
The Way of the Bodhisattva
Buddhism plain and simple
Eight mindful steps to happiness
The experience of insight
What makes you not a Buddhist
Dhammapada
The Diamond Sutra and the Sutra of Hui-Neng
Zen mind, beginner's mind
A Path With Heart
The Tibetan book of living and dying
Mindfulness in Plain English
Buddha
The Way of Zen
Start Where You Are
Everyday Zen
Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, & Liberation
The Three Pillars of Zen