What to Read After The Way of the Bodhisattva
Readers who loved The Way of the Bodhisattva by Śāntideva keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where The Way of the Bodhisattva 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 The Way of the Bodhisattva
The Tibetan book of living and dying
Tibetan Book of the Dead
What makes you not a Buddhist
The Heart Sutra
The Joy of Living
Awakening the Buddha Within
No Time to Lose
Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness
The heart of the Buddha's teaching
Being Peace
The Universe in a Single Atom
An Open Heart
The Upanishads (Penguin Classics)
Shambhala
The Places That Scare You
Old Path White Clouds
What the Buddha taught
The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation
A Flash of lightning in the dark of night
The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha
Essence of the Heart Sutra
The Diamond Sutra and the Sutra of Hui-Neng
The Dhammapada
The Wisdom of No Escape and the Path of Loving Kindness