Updates

  1. Person pages list letters, writing, profiles and links as sortable tables with filters, and show each person's companies as links; Fund letters show each letter's description in its own column.
  2. Experts show a checked job title and a short description of each person; 30 more people have photographs.
  3. Every company, fund, university and publication the experts work for has a page listing the people there.
  4. Fund letters show each letter's thesis and filter by it; 225 person pages list the essays, columns and newsletter issues the person wrote.
  5. Person pages list every essay and newsletter issue a person wrote, and their own books as a table in List view.
  6. Recommends shows the five largest kinds of book and the rest under More; browse pictures load sooner.
  7. Podcasts and talks link the original episode, filter by Audio and video or Press, and list each publisher once.
  8. Pages are wider, Recommends has List and Grid, and a filter clicked again turns off.
  9. Book cards sit in a ruled grid with Open Library and Goodreads links and each book's one-line note.
  10. Funds is now Investors; each investor's styles are buttons that filter the table.
  11. Podcasts and talks on a person's page filter by year and publisher and show as a list or a grid of pictures.
  12. Quotes show only people's own words: 472 summaries written by list sites are gone.
  13. Country pages open from Browse again, and every link on the shelf lands on a page.
  14. Subject and person pages show their sections as tabs, and each book appears once on a person's page.
  15. Book cards show the quote, who said it and the source; grids show five cards to a row.
  16. On a phone, a menu holds the sections, search, Updates, Feedback and dark mode.
  17. Feedback takes a screenshot of the page with no browser prompt, opens a screenshot full size when you click it, and clears itself once sent.
  18. Book cards are centred, search names the topic each book sits in, and any text cut short shows whole on hover.
  19. Search groups its results by kind: people, companies, geographies, subjects, topics, books, funds, fund letters and papers.
  20. The Books table lists who recommended each book by name, and the browser tab names the section you are in.
  21. Feedback can take a screenshot of the page, or one you paste or choose, and opens in the corner beside Updates.
  22. Each rail button reopens its section where you left it, and Browse, Table and People show on every book and subject page.
  23. Filters grey out choices that hold nothing instead of hiding them, and Books › People filters by authors or recommenders.
  24. Feedback takes a subject line and up to three screenshots.
  25. Biographies are grouped by the person they are about: 41 new pages, from Abraham Lincoln to Lee Kuan Yew.
  26. Sport splits into 23 sports, and Religion into one topic per faith.
  27. Book lists show as cards: the cover, one recommendation quote and every recommender by name.
  28. Seventeen subjects that had two or three pages under different names now have one page each.
  29. Every page lists its Experts as authors and recommenders, with a link to them on the Experts tab.
  30. Economics, Financial history, Financial panics and Accounting are subjects of their own, with one page per financial crisis.
  31. Book, person and subject pages open inside the app, so the tabs stay in view.
  32. 996 more book covers, and photographs or logos for 227 more people and companies.
  33. Books › Browse shows every subject as cards, and the rail holds Fund letters, Papers, Experts, Books and Funds.
  34. Every topic over 150 books splits into narrower topics, each with a page of its own.

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BZ

Buddhism, Zen, Taoism and mindfulness

Religion and Spirituality

Buddhist and Zen teaching, Taoist and Confucian classics, and guides to mindfulness and meditation practice.

Books 46Experts 1Recommenders 43

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  1. Zen in the Art of ArcheryEugen Herrigel, 1948
  2. The Way of ZenAlan Watts, 1957
  3. What the Buddha TaughtWalpola Rahula, 1959
  4. The Joyous CosmologyAlan W. Watts, 1962
  5. Zen Mind, Beginner's MindShunryu Suzuki, 1970
Zen in the Art of ArcheryZen in the Art of Archery
T4 Zen in the Art of Archery
Eugen Herrigel · 1948
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Recommended by: Adam Robinson

The Way of ZenThe Way of Zen
T4 The Way of Zen
Alan Watts · 1957
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Recommended by: Nat Eliason

What the Buddha TaughtWhat the Buddha Taught
T4 What the Buddha Taught
Walpola Rahula · 1959
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Recommended by: Chade-Meng Tan

The Joyous CosmologyThe Joyous Cosmology
T4 The Joyous Cosmology
Alan W. Watts · 1962
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Recommended by: Ed Cooke

Zen Mind, Beginner's MindZen Mind, Beginner's Mind
T4 Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Shunryu Suzuki · 1970
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Recommended by: Nat Eliason, Patrick Collison, Kevin Rose and 1 other

Cutting Through Spiritual MaterialismCutting Through Spiritual Materialism
T4 Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
Chögyam Trungpa · 1973
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Recommended by: Steve Jobs

The Snow LeopardThe Snow Leopard
T4 The Snow Leopard
Peter Matthiessen · 1978
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Recommended by: Patrick O'Shaughnessy

The Miracle of MindfulnessThe Miracle of Mindfulness
T4 The Miracle of Mindfulness
Thich Nhat Hanh · 1987
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Recommended by: Kevin Rose

Mindfulness in Plain EnglishMindfulness in Plain English
T4 Mindfulness in Plain English
Henepola Gunaratana · 1993
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Vinod Khosla, Shane Parrish

Wherever You Go, There You AreWherever You Go, There You Are
T4 Wherever You Go, There You Are
Jon Kabat-Zinn · 1994
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Recommended by: Tristan Harris

Tao of PhilosophyTao of Philosophy
T4 Tao of Philosophy
Alan Watts · 1995
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Recommended by: Naval Ravikant

Being With DyingBeing With Dying
T4 Being With Dying
Joan Halifax · 1997
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Recommended by: Arianna Huffington

When Things Fall ApartWhen Things Fall Apart
T4 When Things Fall Apart
Pema Chodron · 1997
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Recommended by: Brené Brown, Jerry Colonna

Absolute TaoAbsolute Tao
T4 Absolute Tao
Osho · 2001
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Recommended by: Naval Ravikant

FaithFaith
T4 Faith
Sharon Salzberg · 2002
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Recommended by: Jerry Colonna

Suffering Is OptionalSuffering Is Optional
T4 Suffering Is Optional
Cheri Huber · 2002
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Recommended by: Jane McGonigal

Radical AcceptanceRadical Acceptance
T4 Radical Acceptance
Tara Brach · 2003
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Recommended by: Brené Brown, Jerry Colonna, Tim Ferriss

In the Buddha's WordsIn the Buddha's Words
T4 In the Buddha's Words
Bhikkhu Bodhi · 2005
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Recommended by: Chade-Meng Tan

Mindfulness for BeginnersMindfulness for Beginners
T4 Mindfulness for Beginners
Jon Kabat-Zinn · 2006
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Short reflections and practices for starting mindfulness, read at random or daily.

Recommended by: Ev Williams

HappinessHappiness
T4 Happiness
Matthieu Ricard · 2007
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Recommended by: Daniel Petre, Richard Branson

Zen Bow, Zen ArrowZen Bow, Zen Arrow
T4 Zen Bow, Zen Arrow
John Stevens · 2007
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Recommended by: Tucker Max

Mastering the Core Teachings of the BuddhaMastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha
T4 Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha
Daniel Ingram · 2008
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Recommended by: Naval Ravikant

Buddha's BrainBuddha's Brain
T4 Buddha's Brain
Rick Hanson · 2009
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Recommended by: Andrew Wilkinson

Joyful WisdomJoyful Wisdom
T4 Joyful Wisdom
Yongey Mingyur, Eric Swanson · 2009
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Recommended by: Safi Bahcall

Awakening JoyAwakening Joy
T4 Awakening Joy
James Baraz · 2010
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Recommended by: Bill Gates, Melinda Gates

Beyond ReligionBeyond Religion
T4 Beyond Religion
Dalai Lama · 2011
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Recommended by: Ray Dalio

Search Inside YourselfSearch Inside Yourself
T4 Search Inside Yourself
Chade-Meng Tan · 2012
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Recommended by: Arianna Huffington, Matt Mullenweg and 1 other

10% Happier10% Happier
T4 10% Happier
Dan Harris · 2014
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A news anchor's panic attack on air leads him to meditation, and what it did for him.

Recommended by: Nat Eliason, Arianna Huffington, Peter Attia and 2 others

Waking UpWaking Up
T4 Waking Up
Sam Harris · 2014
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Recommended by: Nat Eliason, Naval Ravikant, Susan Cain and 1 other

Dream YogaDream Yoga
T4 Dream Yoga
Andrew Holecek · 2016
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Recommended by: Naval Ravikant

Joy on DemandJoy on Demand
T4 Joy on Demand
Chade-Meng Tan · 2016
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Recommended by: Tim Ferriss

The Book of JoyThe Book of Joy
T4 The Book of Joy
Dalai Lama · 2016
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Recommended by: Alfred Lin

The Headspace Guide to Meditation and MindfuThe Headspace Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness
T4 The Headspace Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness
Andy Puddicombe · 2016
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Recommended by: Bill Gates

Tao Te ChingTao Te Ching
T4 Tao Te Ching
Lao Tzu · 2017
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Eighty-one short chapters on the Tao, the founding text of Taoism.

Recommended by: Nat Eliason, David Perell, Jack Dorsey and 6 others

Love for Imperfect ThingsLove for Imperfect Things
T4 Love for Imperfect Things
Haemin Sunim · 2018
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Recommended by: Susan Cain

NeurodharmaNeurodharma
T4 Neurodharma
Rick Hanson · 2020
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Seven practices, steadiness to timelessness, joining brain science and meditation.

Recommended by: Andrew Wilkinson

Already Free: Buddhism Meets Psychotherapy oAlready Free: Buddhism Meets Psychotherapy on the Path of Liberation
T4 Already Free: Buddhism Meets Psychotherapy on the Path of Liberation
Bruce Tift
Goodreads

Recommended by: Tim Ferriss

Joyful Wisdom: Embracing Change and Finding
T4 Joyful Wisdom: Embracing Change and Finding Freedom
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Goodreads

Recommended by: Tim Ferriss

Lao Tzu's Te-Tao Ching
T4 Lao Tzu's Te-Tao Ching
Lao Tzu, Robert G. Henricks (trans.)
Goodreads

Recommended by: Stewart Brand

Living Beautifully
T4 Living Beautifully
Pema Chödrön
Goodreads

Recommended by: Audrey Gelman

The Analects of ConfuciusThe Analects of Confucius
T4 The Analects of Confucius
Goodreads

Recommended by: Nat Eliason

The Sound of the One Hand
T4 The Sound of the One Hand
Yoel Hoffman
Goodreads

Recommended by: Kevin Kelly

The Way of Life, According to Laotzu
T4 The Way of Life, According to Laotzu
Witter Bynner
Goodreads

Recommended by: Tim O’Reilly

The Way of White Clouds
T4 The Way of White Clouds
Lama Anagarika Govinda
Goodreads

Recommended by: Steve Jobs

Tibetan Book of Living & Dying
T4 Tibetan Book of Living & Dying
Sogyal Rinpoche
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Recommended by: Catriona Wallace

Why Buddhism is TrueWhy Buddhism is True
T4 Why Buddhism is True
Robert Wright
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Recommended by: Kevin Rose, Matt Mullenweg, Nick Thompson

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