Resources: Books, Articles, and Videos
On Meditation:
Compassion and Emptiness in Early Buddhist Meditation, Analayo
The Science of Enlightenment, Shinzen Young
Stages of Meditation, The Dalai Lama
Genuine Happiness, Alan Wallace
The Attention Revolution, Alan Wallace
On the Jhānas:
Right Concentration: A Practical Guide to the Jhānas, Leigh Brasington
Focused and Fearless, Shaile Catherine
On the Brahmaviharas:
The Four Faces of Love: The Brahma Viharas, Gil Fronsdal
Head & Heart Together: Bringing Wisdom to the Brahma-viharas, Thanissaro Bhikkhu
The Four Immeasurables, Alan Wallace
On Awakening:
After the Ecstasy, the Laundry, Jack Kornfield
Four Stages of Enlightenment, Wikipedia
On the Buddha and Buddhism:
The Foundations of Buddhism, Rupert Gethin
What the Buddha Taught, Walpola Rahula
Handbook for Mankind, Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Confession of a Buddhist Atheist, Stephen Batchelor
Buddhism without Beliefs, Stephen Batchelor
the Wings to Awakening, Thanissaro Bhikkhu
The Dhammapada, Eknath Easwaran
Essence of the Heart Sutra, The Dalai Lama
Hua-yen Buddhism: The Jewel Net of Indra, Francis H. Cook
Anatta and Rebirth, Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
On Contemporary Brain Science:
The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World, Ian McGilchrist
On Meditation Posture:
On Meditation Philosophy + Related Subjects:
Trying Not To Try: Ancient China, Modern Science and the Power of Spontaneity, Edward Slingerland
Mutual Causality in Buddhism and General Systems Theory, Joanna Macy
Suttas:
Kalama Sutta: To the Kalamas, translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Upaddha Sutta: Half (of the Holy Life), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Ani Sutta: The Peg, translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikku