Suggested Reading

Kurt Spellmeyer

Buddha at the Apocalypse: Awakening from a culture of destruction

Charlotte Joko Beck

Everyday Zen: Love and Work

Pema Chodron

Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living

Thomas Cleary

The Book of Serenity: One Hundred Zen Dialogues

George Crane

Bones of the Master: A Journey to Secret Mongolia

Gil Fronsdale, trans.

The Dhammapada: A New Translation of the Buddhist Classic

Eugen Herrigel

Zen in the Art of Archery

John J. Holder

Early Buddhist Discourses

Maura O’Halloran

Pure Heart, Enlightened Mind: The Journal of an Irish Zen Saint

Hsing Yun

Only a Great Rain: A Guide to Chinese Buddhist Meditation

Philip Kapleau

The Three Pillars of Zen

Jack Kornfield

A Path with Heart: A Guide through the Perils & Promises of Spiritual Life

Lu K’uan Yu

Ch’an and Zen Teaching, vol. 1

Vesanto Melina and Brenda Davis

The New Becoming Vegetarian: The Essential Guide to a Healthy Vegetarian Diet

Soko Morinaga

Novice to Master: An Ongoing Lesson in the Extent of My Own Stupidity

Red Pine

The Diamond Sutra

Red Pine

The Heart Sutra

John Powers

The Wisdom of Buddha: The Samdhinirmocana Mahayana Sutra

Katsuki Sekida

Two Zen Classics: Mumonkan and Heikeganroku

Katsuki Sekida

Zen Training: Methods and Philosophy

Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

An Introduction to Zen Buddhism

Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

Zen Buddhism

Shunryu Suzuki

Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind

Sheng-Yen

Footprint of the Ox: Principles of the Zen Buddhist Path as Taught by a Modern Chinese Master

Thich Nhat Hanh

Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

Alan Watts

The Way of Zen

Brad Warner

Zen Wrapped in Karma Dipped in Chocolate

Yuanwu

Zen Letters: Teachings of Yuanwu

Yin-shun

The Way to Buddhahood: Instructions from a Modern Chinese Master

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