Live-online. Fortnightly on Mondays over 8 weeks, 6pm- 7.15pm (AEST)

If you have been touched by what you have learned in your mindfulness journey so far and want to understand more, come to our book club.

We read contemporary texts from divergent views around awareness practice - then sit and explore what they raise for us - in practice and in life.

In each session, we explore:

  • What resonated with you?
  • What questions do you have that we can grapple with together?
  • What do you see as implications for your practice?

Here's what we'll be reading next:

Select a book below to learn more & register

I don’t like to read books on meditation even though I know I should and I know they are helpful. So, I forced myself (with kindness and compassion) to join the MTI book club to help break through. And I read the book (all of it). And I sat with others and asked questions and had many of them answered. And I learnt a lot of helpful things about mindfulness that is helping my practice and helping me to help others. So while I still don’t like reading books on meditation the book club helps. —Trevor

We've been reading together since 2019. Here's everything we've explored so far...

Here's what we've read:

Why Buddhism Is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation
Robert Wright

The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching
Thich Nhat Hanh

The Science of Enlightenment: How Meditation Works
Shinzen Young

A Gradual Awakening
Stephen Levine

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Pema Chödrön

The Wisdom of No Escape and the Path of Loving-Kindness
Pema Chödrön

Radical Compassion
Tara Brach

Neurodharma: New Science, Ancient Wisdom, and Seven Practices of the Highest Happiness
Rick Hanson

Ecodharma: Buddhist Teachings for the Ecological Crisis
David R. Loy

In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (with Helen Tworkov)

Awake Where You Are: The Art of Embodied Awareness
Martin Aylward

The World Could Be Otherwise: Imagination and the Bodhisattva Path
Norman Fischer

Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation
Rev. angel Kyodo williams, Lama Rod Owens, Jasmine Syedullah

Boundless Heart: The Buddha's Path of Kindness, Compassion, Joy, and Equanimity
Christina Feldman

Training in Tenderness: Buddhist Teachings on Tsewa, the Radical Openness of Heart That Can Change the World
Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Shunryu Suzuki

Food for the Heart: The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah
Ajahn Chah

How We Live Is How We Die
Pema Chödrön

Freedom from the Known
J. Krishnamurti

We Were Made for These Times: Ten Lessons for Moving Through Change, Loss, and Disruption
Kaira Jewel Lingo

Nothing Special: Living Zen
Charlotte Joko Beck

The Art of Living
Thich Nhat Hanh

Illumination: A Guide to the Buddhist Method of No-Method
Rebecca Li

Confidence: Holding Your Seat Through Life's Eight Worldly Winds
Ethan Nictern

Cherished Belonging: The Healing Power of Love in Divided Times
Greg Boyle

Who Dies?: An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying
Stephen Levine

Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience
Sharon Salzberg

The World Exists to Set Us Free
Larry Rosenberg

The Essential Dogen: Writings of the Great Zen Master
Edited by Kazuaki Tanahashi and Peter Levitt

Ordinary Wonder
Charlotte Joko Beck

Have questions?

Call us: 0401 904 995 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm AEDT)
Email: info@openground.com.au

Response time: within 1-2 business days

Contact Us Register for Book Club