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Reading Lists:

BASIC READING LIST

BEGINNERS GUIDE TO ZEN BUDDHISM-SMITH
Excellent overview of practice with instructions

EVERYDAY ZEN-BECK
A contemporary sharing of Zen as ordinary life.

HEADED DRAGON RIVER-MATTHIESSEN
By our founding teacher. His personal journey into Zen practice.

POSTURE OF MEDITATION-JOHNSON
Helpful suggestions for settling the body in zazen.

SHAMBHALA DICTIONARY OF BUDDHISM AND ZEN
A guide for the language of Zen

THE ART OF JUST SITTING-LOORI
Beneficial teachings in Shikantaza or Just Sitting—the core of Zen practice

ZEN MIND, BEGINNERS MIND-SUZUKI
The classic that illumined Zen for westerners

PRECEPTS READING

BEING UPRIGHT-ANDERSON

MIND OF CLOVER-AITKEN

SUPPLEMENTAL LIST

A STILL FOREST POOL-ACHAAN CHAH
APPRECIATE YOUR LIFE-MAEZUMI
BUDDHISM WITHOUT BELIEFS-BATCHELOR
COMPASS OF ZEN-SEUNG SAHN
CULTIVATING THE EMPTY FIELD-LEIGHTON
ESSENCE OF ZEN-HARADA
FROM THE ZEN KITCHEN TO ENLIGHTENMENT-UCHIYAMA
GOING BEYOND BUDDHA-DAE GAK
GOLDEN AGE OF ZEN-WU
HEALING BREATH-RUBEN HABITO (MARIA KANNON ZEN CENTER)
IMPACT OF AWAKENING-ADYASHANTI
OPENING THE HAND OF THOUGHT-UCHIYAMA
PATH TO BODHIDHARMA-SHODO HARADA
POWER OF NOW-ECKHART TOLLE
RETURNING TO SILENCE-KATAGIRI
SUBTLE SOUND-STUART
TOGETHER UNDER ONE ROOF-LIN JENSEN
UPSIDE DOWN ZEN-SUSAN MURPHY
WARM SMILES FROM COLD MOUNTAIN-ANDERSON
WAY OF EVERYDAY LIFE-MAEZUMI
WILD IVY-HAKUIN
ZEN AND THE ART OF ARCHERY-HERIGEL
ZEN EYE-SOKEI AN
ZEN LETTERS-YUANWU
ZEN POETRY OF DOGEN-HEINE

BOOKS ON SUTRAS

A FLOWER DOES NOT TALK-SHIBAYAMA
BUDDHISM FOR TODAY-NIWANO
CAVE OF POISON GRASS-HASIGAWA
DANCING STREAMS FLOW IN THE DARKNESS-SUZUKI
DHAMMAPADA-EASWARAN
DIAMOND SUTRA AND SUTRA OF HUINENG-PRICE
DIAMOND SUTRA-RED PINE
HEART SUTRA-RED PINE
INFINITE MIRROR-SHENG YEN
THE EYE NEVER SLEEPS-MERZEL
TRUST IN MIND-MU SOENG
VERSES FROM THE CENTER-BATCHELOR
ZEN AND THE SUTRAS-LOW

OTHER READINGS

ALL ELSE IS BONDAGE-WEI WU WEI
BEARING WITNESS-GLASSMAN
CHUANG TZU-MERTON
CLOUD OF UNKNOWING
EXPERIENCE OF NOTHINGNESS-NISARGADATTA
EXPERIENCE THE TEACHING-BALSEKAR
I AM THAT-NISARGADATTA
I ASKED FOR WONDER-HESCHEL
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE COOK-GLASSMAN
MEISTER ECKHART FROM WHOM GOD HID NOTHING-STEINDL/RAST
NEW SEEDS OF CONTEMPLATION-MERTON
OPENING-SEGAL
PEACEFUL DWELLING-BASTIS
TALKS WITH RAMANA MAHARSHI-MAHARSHI
TAO OF ZEN-GRIGGS
TAO TE CHING-MITCHELL
TEACHINGS OF HUANG PO-BLOFELD
WAY OF CHUANG TZU-MERTON
WHO IS MAN?-HESCHEL

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