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.