Books like How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life
12 books with a reading profile close to How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life by Dalai Lama XIV. Inward-looking, contemplative and clear-cut; an easy read.
-
1
Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
Also inward-looking and contemplative · practical, philosophy
Jon Kabat-Zinn defines mindfulness as the intentional practice of paying attention to the present moment without judgment.
-
2
The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness
by Epictetus
Also inward-looking and contemplative · practical, philosophy
This text provides a modern interpretation of Epictetus’s Enchiridion, focusing on the distinction between what an individual can and cannot control.
-
3
The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · practical, philosophy
Timothy Keller argues that the modern view of marriage as a contract for self-fulfillment contradicts the biblical framework of sacrificial love.
-
4
The Practice of the Presence of God
Also inward-looking and contemplative · philosophy, inspirational
Brother Lawrence, a seventeenth-century lay brother in a Carmelite monastery, suggests that spiritual devotion belongs in the kitchen and the garden as much as the chapel.
-
5
Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · practical, philosophy
Richard J.
-
6
Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · philosophy, inspirational
Dane C.
-
7
Power of Now 2007 Engagement Calendar
Also inward-looking and contemplative · philosophy, inspirational
This engagement calendar serves as a practical tool for applying Eckhart Tolle’s principles of spiritual presence to daily life.
-
8
Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Also inward-looking and contemplative · philosophy, inspirational
Thich Nhat Hanh presents mindfulness as a practical physiological and mental habit rather than a secluded religious ritual.
-
9
Hinds' Feet on High Places
Also inward-looking and contemplative · philosophy, inspirational
Much-Afraid is a crippled orphan living in the Valley of Humiliation, burdened by her Fearing relatives and a physical deformity.
-
10
My Utmost for His Highest
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · philosophy, inspirational
My Utmost for His Highest is a collection of 366 daily devotionals compiled posthumously from Oswald Chambers’ lectures and talks.
-
11
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
Also inward-looking and contemplative · philosophy, inspirational
In 2015, the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu met in Dharamsala to discuss the nature of human contentment during a week of dialogue.
-
12
The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
Also inward-looking and contemplative · philosophy, inspirational
Thich Nhat Hanh presents mindfulness as the practice of maintaining full awareness in the present moment, rather than a secluded ritual.
Get picks matched to your own reading on papr.
Get papr
