下列选出的着作代表了正念/觉知静心的主要现存佛教传统的最小样本。
小乘佛教
(最初的十八个佛教教派之一,至今仍流行于东南亚一带)
Buddhaghosa,B.1976.The Path of Purification(Visuddhimagga).
2vols.Boston:Shambhala.
Goldstein,J.和J.Kornfield.1987. Seeking the Heart of Wisdom:The Path of Insight Meditation.Boston:Shambhala.这部着作是内观,但不是严格的小乘佛教。
Kornfield,J. 1977. Living Buddhist Masters. Santa Cruz: UnityPress.
Narada,M.T.,trans.1975.AManual of Abhidhamma(AbhidammatthaSangaha).Kandy,Sri Lanka:Buddhist Publication Society.
Silandanda,U.1990. The Four Foundations of Mind fulness.Boston:Wisdom Publications.
Thera,N.1962. The Heart of Buddhist Meditation. New York:Samuel Weiser.
大乘佛教和禅宗
(大乘佛教是佛灭度五百年后起源于印度。它是传播于中国、韩国和日本的佛教形式)
Transitional to Mahayana:Vasubhandhu.1923.L"Abdhidharmakosade Vasubandhu,6Vols. Trans. Louis de La Vallée. Paris and Louvain:Institut Belges des Hautes Etudes Chinoises.Reprinted Paris:Guether 1971.
Vietnamese:Nhat Hanh,T.1975. The Miracle of Mind fulness: AManual on Meditation.Boston:Beacon Press.
Chinese:Sheng-Yan,M.1982.Getting the Buddha Mind.Elmhurst,N.Y.:Dharma Drum Publications.
Korean:Sahn,S.Bone of Space.1982.San Francisco:Four Seasons Foundation.
Japanese:Suzuki,S.1970. Zen Mind,Beginner"s Mind.New York:Weatherhill.
藏传佛教
(藏传佛教是在西藏本土的佛教形式。有四个主要世系:噶举派、宁玛巴派、格鲁派和萨迦派。每一个我们都至少列出了一本参考书目)
Dorje,W. 1979. Mahmudra: Eliminating the Darkness of I gnorance. Dharamsala,India: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives.
Kalu,K.D.C.1986. The Dharma.Buffalo:State University Pressof New York.
Khapa,T.1978.Calming the Mind and Discerning the Real:BuddhistMeditation and the Middle View.New York:Columbia UniversityPress.
Khyentse,D.1988.The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel.Boston:Shambhala.
Trizin,K.S.1986. Parting from the four clingings.In Essence ofBuddhism: Teachings at Tibet House.New Delhi:Tibet House.
Trungpa,C.1973.Cutting Through S piritual Materialism.Boston:Shambhala.
Trungpa,C.1976. The Myth of Freedom.Boston:Shambhala.
Trungpa,C.1981.Glimpses of Abhidharma.Boulder:Prajna Press.