Books, Podcasts, Videos, Websites, etc.

We welcome suggestions for books, podcasts, and other resources. Please visit All Souls Connext, our virtual community, and go to the Buddhism & Mindfulness Group to share your ideas.

Books and Articles

• When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times, by Pema Chodron: nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18401443 or worldcat.org/title/when-things-fall-apart-heart-advice-for-difficult-times/ 
• “How To Find a Meditation App for You”: nytimes.com/2020/06/16/smarter-living/how-to-find-a-meditation-app-for-you.html
• Gathas from Thich Nhat Hanh: thichnhathanhfoundation.org/practice-right-now 
• ​“The Five Reminders Prayer”, an explanation and a translation by Thich Nhat Hanh: yogajournal.com/meditation/embrace-reality
• “The Gift of Presence, The Perils of Advice” by Parker Palmer: onbeing.org/blog/the-gift-of-presence-the-perils-of-advice 
  
• You Belong: A Call for Connection, by Sebene Selassie: nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb22238346 or worldcat.org/title/you-belong-a-call-for-connection
• ​​The Misleading Mind, by Karuna Cayton: worldcat.org/title/misleading-mind
• A Fearless Heart: How the Courage to Be Compassionate Can Transform Our Lives, by Thupten Jinpa: nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb21517545 
  or worldcat.org/title/fearless-heart-how-the-courage-to-be-compassionate-can-transform-our-lives 
• ​“For a Historic Church, One More Milestone”, a New York Times article about a Buddhist prayer ceremony called a goma that took place at All Souls in 2000: nytimes.com/2000/11/04/us/religion-journal-for-a-historic-church-one-more-milestone.html 
• Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind, by Judson Brewer: nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb22352056
  or worldcat.org/title/unwinding-anxiety-new-science-shows-how-to-break-the-cycles-of-worry-and-fear-to-heal-your-mind
• ​Minding Closely: The Four Applications of Mindfulness, by B. Alan Wallace: nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb22391400
  or worldcat.org/title/Minding-Closely-The-Four-Applications-of-Mindfulness 
• Books by David Loy: nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SLoy%2C%20David%2C%201947 or worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ALoy%2C+David 
  
• ​Books by Jon Kabat-Zinn: nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SKabat%20Zinn,%20Jon,?lang=eng​ or worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AKabat+Zinn%2C+Jon
  
• Soaring and Settling, by Rita Gross: nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb13981440 or
  worldcat.org/title/soaring-and-settling-buddhist-perspectives-on-social-and-theological-issues 
  and Buddhism After Patriarchy, by Rita Gross: nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb11713075 or worldcat.org/title/buddhism-after-patriarchy-a-feminist-history-analysis-and-reconstruction-of-buddhism 
  
• Guided Meditations on the Stages of the Path, by Thubten Chodron: nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20842641
  or worldcat.org/title/guided-meditations-on-the-stages-of-the-path 
• ​Buddhist Voices in Unitarian Universalism, by Wayne B Arnason: worldcat.org/title/buddhist-voices-in-unitarian-universalism 

Podcasts

• Everyday Buddhism with Wendy Shinyo Haylett
  

Videos

• The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness, a TEDx talk by Zindel Segal: youtube.com/watch?v=1A4w3W94ygA 
• Lama Rod Owens talking about his book, Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation Through Anger: youtube.com/watch?v=7wImPtPdCgU 
• ​My Octopus Teacher, a film documenting the relationship developed with a wild octopus by South African filmmaker Craig Foster: netflix.com/title/81045007 
• Gunda, a meditative documentary which follows the daily life of a pig, two cows, and a one-legged chicken: gunda.movie
• Tears Teacher, an 11-minute film that touches on themes of emotional health, vulnerability, stigma and strength: noemienakai.com/tears-teacher
• A short Sesame Street video on the topic of catastrophizing (papancha): youtube.com/watch?v=slmtjI302ME ​

 Websites & Apps

• Unitarian Universalist Association information on Buddhism: uua.org/beliefs/what-we-believe/beliefs/buddhism
• Guided Meditations by Tara Brach: tarabrach.com/guided-meditations 
• ​Breathworks: breathworks-mindfulness.org.uk
• The Insight Timer app: insighttimer.org
• The Headspace app: headspace.org
• The Plum Village app: plumvillage.app/

• Mindfulness, from the Child Mind Institute: childmind.org/topics/concerns/mindfulness 
  
• The Liberate app: https://www.theliberateapp.com/
  Meditations and talks designed for the black experience.