Recommendations for Meditation

[Ryan Vong]

Does anyone have recommendations for books, videos, online, classes, etc. for beginning meditation?

[Jeanette Stingley]

I would like recommendations as well

[Jim Eubanks]

If you have specific questions, I'm happy to help...email to [e-mail]

[Ben Le]

1. Mindfulness in Plain English, Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
2. Wherever you go, There you are, Jon Kobat-Zin (Really good for beginners, and not too heavy on the Buddhism to scare anyone away, but enough to really whet the appetite.)
Zen Mind Beginner's Mind, Shunryu Suzuki

[Lin Mu]

I often point people here:

http://www.audiodharma.org/talks-intromed.html

There are thousands of Dharma talks by all kinds of teachers on the net. I download them to my iPod and listen to them in the mornings.
Here are some more:

http://dharmaseed.org/talks/

http://www.buddhanet.net/audio-library.htm

http://www.audiodharma.org/talks-cur.html

Enjoy !

[Kuya Minogue]

Try www.zenwords.ca

[Moona Perrotin]

I started with Kathleen McDonald's book. Don't recall the exact title, but it is quite well known, at least here in Australia.

[Moona Perrotin]

I think it might have been this book that got me started. I reduced it down to 12 steps or points of awareness and it worked wonderfully! How to Meditate: A Practical Guide (Paperback) by Kathleen McDonald

[Moona Perrotin]

Hello all engaged Buddhists. I have just re-read Thoughts Without a Thinker by Marc Epstein. It is a very insightful book on meditation from the perspective of a psychoanalyst. Very helpful indeed. Especially since it answered my question about happiness arising during breath meditation.

[Carmen Leung]

budaedu.org has english services and also in other languages. If you look under downloads they have buddha talks. I just started looking through the site myself it seems really useful. You can even order an ongoing supply of buddhist books if you fill out a form. That is under Dharma Materials. Enjoy