Study

Basic Buddhism & Zen

• An Introduction to Zen Buddhism, D. T. Suzuki and Carl Jung
• A Primer of Soto Zen, Reiho Masunaga
• Buddhist Thought in India, Conze
• Dhammapada, Ananda Maitreya
• Meditation in Action, Chogyam Trungpa
• Not Always So, Shunryu Suzuki and Edward Espe brown
• The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching, Thich Nhat Hanh
• The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, Sogyal Rinpoche
• What the Buddha Taught, Walpola Rahula
• Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind, Shunryu Suzuki 
• How to Raise an Ox, Dogen, Francis Harold Cook, Taizan Maezumi Roshi
• Zen Keys: A guide to Zen Practice, Thich Nhat Hanh

Dogen

• A Primer of Soto Zen, Dogen, Reiho Masunaga
• Beyond Thinking: A Guide to Zen Meditation, Dogen, Kazuaki Tanahashi, Norman Fischer
• Record of Things Heard, Dogen, Thomas F. Cleary
• From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment: Refining Your Life, Dogen, Kosho Uchiyama, Tom Wright
• The Wholehearted Way: A Translation of Eihei Dogen’s Bendowa, Kosho Uchiyama, Shohaku Okumura
• Dogen’s Extensive Record: A Translation of the Eihei Koroku, Shohaku Okumura, Taigen Daniel Leighton
• Dogen’s Formative Years in China, Takashi James Kodera
• Enlightenment Unfolds: The Essential Teachings of Zen master Dogen, Kazuaki Tanahashi
• Dogen’s Pure Standards for the Zen Community, Taigen Daniel Leighton and Shohaku Okumura
• Moon in a Dewdrop, Dogen
• Shobogenzo, Zen Essays, Dogen, Thomas F. Cleary

Shunryu Suzuki

• Branches Streams Flow in the Darkness, Shunryu Suzuki, Mel Weitsman and Michael Wenger
• Crooked Cucumber, David Chadwick
• Not Always So, Shunryu Suzuki and Edward Espe Brown
• Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind, Shunryu Suzuki

Women in Buddhism

• Daughters of Emptiness: Poems of Chinese Buddhist Nuns, Beata Grant
• The First Buddhist Women: Translations and Commentaries on the Therigatha, Susan Murcott
• Women in Zen, Paula Arai
• Zen Women: Beyond Tea Ladies, Iron Maidens and Macho Masters, Grace Schireson

Koan Collections

• The Gateless Gate, The Classic Book of Zen Koans, Koun Yamada
• The Record of Transmitting the Light: Zen Master Keizan’s Denkoroku, Francis Cook
• Book of Serenity, Cleary
• Blue Cliff Record, Cleary

Sutras (Various commentaries available)

• Platform Sutra
• Diamond Sutra
• Heart Sutra
• Avatamsaka Sutra
• Lotus Sutra
• Surangama Sutra
• Vimalakirti Sutra

Other Authors

Pema Chodron

• When Things Fall Apart
• The Wisdom of No Escape
• Perfect Just As You Are
• No Time to Lose
• The Places That Scare You
• Start Where You Are
  

Thich Nhat Hanh

• Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
  
• Being Peace
• Breathe, You Are Alive!  Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing
• Living Buddha, Living Christ
• Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha
• Peace Is Every Step:  The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
• Taming the Tiger Within:  Meditation on Transforming Difficult Emotions
• The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching: Transforming Suffering Into Peace, Joy & Liberation
• Transformation and Healing: Sutra on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness
• Transformation at the Base: Fifty Verses on the Nature of Consciousness

Jack Kornfield

• A Path with Heart
• After the Ecstasy, the Laundry
• Living Dharma
• Teachings of the Buddha
• The Art of Forgiveness
• The Wise Heart

Joseph Goldstein

• Seeking the Heart of Wisdom
• Insight Meditation
• The Experience of Insight
• The Path of Insight Meditation

Colleen Busch

• Fire Monks

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