I've found the following procedure to be useful in making the most of spiritual teachings: (1) establish a good motivation; (2) stabilize your mind through meditation; (3) get the information; (4) establish an appropriate practice through analysis, synthesis, resolution and dedication.

Here are some sources of information that you should find useful in step (3).

• A well-annotated study Bible such as The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha
• A good Biblical reference work such as the Oxford Companion to the Bible
• The Revised Common Lectionary (Biblical citations will be linked to this source whenever possible)
• The root texts for our Lam Rim study: The Three Principles of the Path and The Foundation of all Perfections.
• Shantideva's Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life
• Access to Insight and dhammatalks.org for translations and explanations of the Tipitaka (the Pali Canon) (Citations will be linked to this source whenever possible)
• A good introductory Lam Rim text such as Refining Gold by the Dalai Lama or Odyssey to Freedom by Gelek Rimpoche. I consider any of the teachings of these two great teachers to be authoritative.
• Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand by Pabongka Rinpoche for a deep, well-indexed reference to the Lam Rim as traditionally taught in Tibet in 1921.
• See also The Guru Business.