Ever experienced difficulties in wanting to know more about Buddhism but don’t know how? Tried reading yourself but find the books too “chim”? This is exactly what I experienced when I first tried to learn about Buddhism. I was sought of “turned off” and thought that Buddhism is only for people with high spiritual developments and not for ordinary beings like me. Luckily, over the years, I stumbled into more accessible ways of learning. However, we do not always have the time or even the patience to find the approachable way of learning.  

Hence, the Viriya Buddhist Fellowship brings to you this “Recommended Readings”, with the goal of providing an accessible path to the learning of Buddhism. We hope that you would find this compilation useful and inspire you to learn more about the religion. 
 

1. What Buddhists Believe by K. Sri Dhammananda
2. Good Questions Good Answers by Ven. S. Dhammika
3. All about Buddhism by Ven. S. Dhammika
4. Be a Lamp Upon Yourself

1. Buddha and his friends by Ven. S. Dhammika & Susan Harmer
2. Anathapindika and other stories by S. Dhammika & Susan Harmer
3. Footprints of Gautama the Buddha by Marie Beuzeville Byles

1. Settling back into the moment, excerpts from The Experience of Insight by Joseph Goldstein

1. The Dhammapada by Ven. Narada
2. The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha      Original translated from Pali by Ven. Bhikkhu Nanamoli. Translation edited and revised by Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi.

1. I Wonder Why by Ven. Thubten Chodron
2. Working with Anger by Ven. Thubten Chodron
3. Walking Iris and other poems by Ven. Sujiva