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Zen Buddhism Beginner’s Booklist

Beginner’s Mind: An Introduction to Zen Buddhism
by Ryuko Tim Langdell, Roshi
Publisher: StillCenter Publications/Oxbridge Publishing
ISBN-10: 0999092820

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Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice
by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
ISBN: 0861713575
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The Three Pillars of Zen
by Roshi Philip Kapleau
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385260938

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Zen Meditation in Plain English
by John Daishin Buksbazen
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
ISBN: 0861713168
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Way of Zen
by Tenshin Fletcher, David Scott
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
ISBN: 0312206208
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Taking the Path of Zen
by Robert Aitken
Publisher: North Point Press
ISBN: 0865470804
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Buddhism Plain and Simple
by Steve Hagen
Publisher: Broadway Books
ISBN: 0767903323
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Meditation Now or Never
by Steve Hagen
Publisher: HarperOne
ISBN-10: 0061143294

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The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching
by Thich Nhat Hanh
Publisher: Broadway Books
ISBN: 0767903692
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Old Path White Clouds
by Thich Nhat Hanh
Publisher: Parallax Press
ISBN-10: 0938077260
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Buddha
by Karen Armstrong
Publisher: Viking Press
ISBN: 0670891932
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A Path With Heart
by Jack Kornfield
Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Pub
ISBN: 0553372114
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Start Where You Are
by Pema Chodron
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN:1570628394
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Meditation For Dummies (Book and CD edition)
by Stephan Bodian
Publisher: For Dummies; 2nd edition
ISBN-10: 0471777749
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Finding the Still Point (Book and CD edition)               
by John Daido Loori
Publisher: Shambhala
ISBN-10: 1590304799
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Zen Buddhism Intermediate Booklist

Master Dogen's Bendowa
translated by Shohaku Okumura & Taigen Daniel Leighton
with commentary by Kosho Uchiyama, Roshi
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Realizing Genjokoan: The Key to Dogen's Shobogenzo
by Shohaku Okumura
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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
by Shunryu Suzuki
Publisher: Weatherhill
ISBN: 0834800799

Zen Flesh Zen Bones
by Paul Reps
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN-10: 0804831866

Buddhism Without Beliefs
by Stephen Batchelor
Publisher: Riverhead Books
ISBN: 1573226564

Being Zen: Bringing Meditation to Life
by Ezra Bayda
Publisher: Shambhala
ISBN-10: 1590300130

Everyday Zen: Love and Work
by Charlotte Joko Beck
Publisher: Harper
ISBN: 0060607343

Nothing Special : Living Zen
by Charlotte J. Beck
Publisher: Harper
ISBN: 0062511173

Opening The Hand of Thought
by Kosho Uchiyama
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
ISBN: 0861713575

The Wholehearted Way: A Translation of Eihei Dogen's Bendowa
by Eihei Dogen, Kosho Uchiyama, Shohaku Okumura
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 080483105X

Flowers Fall: A Commentary on Zen Master Dogen's Genjokoan
by Hakuun Yasatani
Publisher: Shambhala
ISBN: 157062674X

How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment
by Eihei Dogen, Kosho Uchiyama Roshi (Translator)
Publisher: Shambhala
ISBN-10: 1590302915

Moon in a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen
by Eihei Dogen (Author), Kazuaki Tanahashi (Editor)
Publisher: North Point Press
ISBN-10: 086547186X

Instructions to the Cook
by Bernard Glassman
Publisher: Harmony/Bell Tower
ISBN-10: 0517888297

The Heart Sutra
By Red Pine (Bill Porter)
Publisher: Shoemaker & Hoard
ISBN: 1593760825

The Diamond Sutra
By Bill Porter (Red Pine)
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
ISBN: 1593760825

The Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Hui-neng
by Bill Porter (Red Pine)
Publisher: Shoemaker & Hoard
ISBN-10: 1593760868

Trust in Mind: The Rebellion of Chinese Zen/Hsin Hsin Ming
By Mu Soeng
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
ISBN: 0861713915

The Heart The Universe: Exploring The Heart Sutra
By Mu Soeng
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
ISBN: 0861715748

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness: Zen Talks on the Sandokai
By Shunryu Suzuki
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN: 0520232127

The Art of Just Sitting
by John Daido Loori
Publisher: Wisdom Publications, 2nd edition
ISBN-10: 086171394X

Sitting with Koans: Essential Writings on the Zen Practice of Koan Study
by John Daido Loori
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
ISBN-10: 0861713699

 

Zen Buddhism Advanced Booklist


The Record of Transmitting the Light: Zen Master Keizan's Denkoroku
by Francis Dojun Cook
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
ISBN-10: 0861713303

The True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen's Three Hundred Koans
by John Daido Loori
Publisher: Shambhala
ISBN-10: 1590302427

The Blue Cliff Record
by Thomas Cleary
Publisher: Shambhala
ISBN-10: 159030232X

Dogen's Extensive Record: A Translation of the Eihei Koroku
by Reb Anderson
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
ISBN-10: 0861713052

Zen's Chinese Heritage - The Masters & Their Teachings
by Andrew Ferguson
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
ISBN-10: 0861711637

The Book of Equanimity: Illuminating Classic Zen Koans
by Gerry Shishin Wick
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
ISBN-10: 0861713877

The Lankavatara Sutra: An Epitomized Version
by D.T. Suzuki
Publisher: Provenance Editions
ISBN-10: 0972635742

The Vimalakirti Sutra
by Burton Watson
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN-10: 0231106572

Threefold Lotus Sutra
by Bunno Kato
Publisher: Charles E Tuttle Co
ISBN-10: 4333002087

Treasury of the True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen's Shobo Genzo
by Kazuaki Tanahashi
Publisher: Shambhala
ISBN-10: 1590304748

Entangling Vines: Zen Koans of the Shumon Kattoshu
translated by Thomas Yuho Kirchner
(a primary source of the Rinzai koan curriculum)
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