Books recommended by Zen Buddhism WWW Virtual Library
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- Addiss, Stephen. 1998. The Art of Zen : Paintings and Calligraphy by
Japanese Monks 1600-1925. Harry N Abrams.
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- Aitken, Robert. 1982. Taking
the Path of Zen. North Point Press.
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- Aitken, Robert. 1984. Mind of Clover
: Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics. North Point Press.
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- Aitken, Robert (Transl. & Commentaries). 1991. The
Gateless Barrier : The Wu-Men Kuan. North Point Press.
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- Aitken, Robert. 1992. The Dragon Who Never Sleeps : Verses for Zen Practice. Parallax Press.
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- Aitken, Robert. 1994. Encouraging Words
: Zen Buddhist Teachings for Western Students. Pantheon Books.
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- Aitken Robert, David Steindl-Rast, and Nelson Foster (Ed.) 1996. The Ground We Share : Everyday Practice,
Buddhist and Christian. Shambhala.
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- Aitken, Robert. 1997. Original Dwelling Place : Zen Buddhist Essays. Counterpoint.
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- App, Urs (Ed.). 1994. Master
Yunmen: From the Record of the Chan Master 'Gate of the Clouds'.
Kodansha.
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- Austin, James H. 1998. Zen and the Brain : Toward an
Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness.
MIT Press.
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- Bayda, Ezra and Charlotte Joko Beck. 2002. Being Zen: Bringing Meditation to Life.
Shambhala Publications.
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- Beck, Charlotte Joko & Steve Smith (Ed.). 1989. Everyday Zen
: Love and Work. Harper.
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- Beck, Charlotte Joko & Steve Smith (Ed.). 1994. Nothing
Special: Living Zen. Harper.
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- Birx, Ellen. 2002. Healing Zen : Awakening to Life of Wholeness and Compassion While Caring for
Yourself and Others. Viking.
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- Blackman, Sushila (Ed.). 1997. Graceful Exits : How Great Beings Die : Death Stories
of Tibetan, Hindu & Zen Masters.
Weatherhill.
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- Buksbazen, John Daishin and Peter Matthiessen. 2002. Zen Meditation in Plain English.
Wisdom Publications.
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- Chadwick, David. 1999. Crooked Cucumber : The Life and Zen Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki.
Broadway Books.
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- Chen, Kenneth. 1974. Buddhism in China : A Historical Survey.
Princeton University Press.
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- Cleary, Thomas & J. C. Cleary (Eds.). 1992. The
Blue Cliff Record. Reissue Edition, Shambhala.
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- Cleary, Thomas (Ed.). 1993. The Flower Ornament Scripture : A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra : Entry
into the Realm of Reality . Shambhala Publications.
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- Cleary, Thomas (Ed.). 1997. Kensho : The Heart of Zen. Shambhala Dragon Editions.
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- Deshimaru, Taisen and Nancy Amphoux. 1991. Questions to a Zen Master. Arcana.
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- Dogen, Eihei and Kazuaki Tanahashi (Ed.) 1995. Moon in a Dewdrop :
Writings of Zen Master Dogen.
North Point Press.
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- Downing, Michael. 2002. Shoes Outside the Door: Desire, Devotion, and Excess at San Francisco Zen Center.
Counterpoint Press.
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- Faure, Bernard. 1995. The
Rhetoric of Immediacy : A Cultural Critique of Chan/Zen Buddhism. Princeton Univ Press.
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- Ferguson, Andrew. 2000. Zen's Chinese Heritage : The Masters & Their Teachings.
Wisdom Publications.
- [544 pp.
Includes a poster-size lineage chart of the 25 generations of ancestors.
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- Fields, Rick. 1992. How the Swans Came to the Lake : A Narrative History of Buddhism in America.
Shambhala Publications [3rd, revised and updated edition].
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- Fisher-Schreiber, Ingrid et al. 1994. The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and
Religion : Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Zen.
Shambhala Publications.
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- Ford, James Ishmael. 1996. This Very Moment : A Brief Introduction to
Buddhism and Zen for Unitarian Universalists.
Skinner House Books.
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- Glassman, Bernard and Rick Fields. 1997. Instructions
to the Cook : A Zen Master's Lessons in Living a Life That
Matters. Random House.
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- Gyger, Pia. 1996.
That We May Join Earth and Heaven : Lay Religious Community
for the 21st Century. Theological Book Service.
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- Haskel, Peter. 1989. Bankei Zen : Translations from the Record of
Bankei. Grove Press.
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- Herrigel, Eugene. 1989. Zen in
the Art of Archery. Vintage Books.
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- Huber, Cheri and Sara Jenkins (Ed). 1997.
Good Life : A Zen Precepts Retreat With Cheri Huber.
Present Perfect Books.
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- Huber, Cheri and June Shiver (Illustrator). 1997.
Nothing
Happens Next. Zen Meditation Center.
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- Hubbard, Jamie, Paul L. Swanson, Peter N. Gregory (Eds.). 1997.
Pruning the Bodhi Tree : The Storm over
Critical Buddhism (Nanzan Library of Asian
Religion and Culture). Univ of Hawaii Press.
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- Huikai and Thomas Cleary (Translator). 1997.
Unlocking the Zen Koan: A New Translation of the Zen Classic
Wumenguan. North Atlantic Books.
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- Jager, Willigis. 1994. Contemplation : A Christian Path
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Triumph Books.
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- Jager, Willigis. 1995. Search for the Meaning of Life : Essays and
Reflections on the Mystical Experience.
Triumph Books.
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- Kapleau, Philip. 1981. To Cherish All Life: A Buddhist View of Animal
Slaughter and Meat Eating . Rochester Zen Center.
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- Kapleau, Philip. 1989. The
Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment.
Revised and Expanded Edition (35th Anniversary Edition), Anchor.
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- Katagiri, Dainin. 1988. Returning to Silence : Zen Practice in
Daily Life. Shambhala.
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- Katagiri, Dainin and Steve Hagen (Ed). 1998.
You Have to Say Something :
Manifesting Zen Insight. Shambhala.
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- Kennedy, Robert E. Jinsen S.J. 1996.
Zen Spirit, Christian Spirit : The Place of Zen in
Christian Life . Continuum Pub Group.
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- Kopp, Wolfgang and Barbara Wittenberg-Hasenauer (Translator). 1994.
Free Yourself of Everything : Radical Guidance in the Spirit
of Zen and Christian Mysticism. Charles E Tuttle Co.
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- Kraft, Kenneth (Ed.). 1989. Zen :
Tradition and Transition. Grove Press.
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- Kraft, Kenneth. 1997. Eloquent Zen
: Daito and Early Japanese Zen. University of Hawaii Press.
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- Loori, John Daido. 1992. The Eight Gates of Zen : Spiritual Training an American Zen Monastery.
Dharma Communications.
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- Loori, John Daido. 1994. Two Arrows Meeting in Mid-Air : The Zen Koan (Tuttle Library of Enlightenment).
Charles E. Tuttle Co.
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- Loori, John Daido, Bonnie Myotai Treace (Ed.), Konrad Ryushin Marchaj. 1996. The Heart of Being : Moral and Ethical
Teachings of Zen Buddhism (Tuttle Library of Enlightenment).
Charles E. Tuttle Co.
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- Maezumi, Taizan Hakuyu et al. 2001. Appreciate Your Life : The Essence of Zen Practice.
Shambhala Publications.
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- Maezumi, Taizan Hakuyu, Anton Tenkei Coppens, Stephen Muho Proskauer
(eds.). 2001.
Teaching of the Great Mountain: Zen Talks by Taizan Maezumi .
Charles E Tuttle Co.
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- Magid, Barry and Charlotte Joko Beck. 2002.
Ordinary Mind: Exploring the Common Ground of Zen.
Wisdom Publications
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- Matthiessen, Peter. 1987. Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals 1969-1982.
Shambhala Dragon Editions
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- Miura, Isshu and Ruth Fuller Sasaki. 1989. The Zen Koan.
Harcourt Brace.
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- Nagagawa, Soen, Kazuaki Tanahashi (Transl.) and
Sherry Chayat (Transl.). 1996. Endless Vow : The Zen Path of Soen Nakagawa.
Shambhala Publications.
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- Nhat Hanh, Thich. 1988. Being Peace.
Parallax Press.
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- Nhat Hanh, Thich and Peter Levitt. 1988. The Heart of Understanding : Commentaries on the
Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra.
Parallax Press.
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- Nhat Hanh, Thich. 1999. The Miracle of Mindfulness : An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation.
Beacon Press. [Revised edition].
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- Nhat Hanh, Thich. 1995. Zen Keys.
Image Books.
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- Nhat Hanh, Thich. 1998. The Heart Of The Buddha's Teaching .
Parallax Press.
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- O'Halloran, Maura. 1995. Pure Heart, Enlightened Mind : The Zen
Journal and Letters of Maura 'Soshin' O'Halloran. Riverhead Books.
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- Senzaki, Nyogen and Ruth Strout McCandless. 1987. Buddhism and Zen.
North Point Press.
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- Shainberg, Lawrence. 1996. Ambivalent Zen: A Memoir.
Pantheon Books.
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- Shibayama, Zenkei. 1970. A Flower Does Not Talk; Zen Essays.
Charles E. Tuttle Co.
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- Shimano, Eido Tai and Janis Levine (Ed.). 1992. Golden Wind : Zen Talks.
Japan Publications.
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- Shimano, Eido Tai and Kogetsu Tani (Illustrator). 1995. Zen Word, Zen Calligraphy.
Shambhala Publications.
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- Smith, Jean (Ed.) 1998. Breath Sweeps Mind : A First Guide to Meditation Practice .
Riverhead Books.
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- Snyder, Gary (Ed.) 1969. Earth House Hold : Technical Notes and Queries to
Fellow Dharma Revolutionaries.
W.W. Norton & Company.
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- Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro. 1987. Manual of Zen Buddhism.
Grove Press.
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- Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro [with a foreword by Carl Gustav Jung] 1991. An Introduction to Zen Buddhism.
Grove Press.
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- Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro. 1994. The Zen Koan As a Means of Attaining
Enlightenment.
Charles E. Tuttle Co.
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- Suzuki, Shunryu. 1988. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. Weatherhill.
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- Suzuki, Shunryu, Mel Weitsman (Editor), Michael Wenger (Editor). 1999.
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness: Zen Talks on the Sandokai. University of California Press.
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- Torei, Enji. 1989. The
Discourse on the Inexhaustible Lamp of the Zen School. Charles E.
Tuttle Co.
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- Uchiyama, Kosho. 1983. From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightment : Refining
Your Life.
Weatherhill.
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- Uchiyama, Kosho. 1993. Opening the Hand of Thought : Approach to Zen.
Penguin USA.
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- Victoria, Brian Daizen. 1997. Zen at War.
Weatherhill.
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- Victoria, Brian Daizen. 2003. Zen War Stories.
RoutledgeCurzon.
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- Waddell, Norman. 1994. The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin; A Translation of the
Sikko-Roku Kaien-Fusetsu. Shambhala.
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- Yasutani, Hakuun, Paul Jaffe (Transl). 1996. Flowers Fall : A Commentary on Dogen's
Genjokoan. Shambhala.
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