Suggested Reading

Basic Texts
Aitken, Robert Taking the Path of Zen
The Mind of Clover
The Practice of Perfection
Blofeld, John The Wheel of Life
The Bodhisattva of Compassion
Cleary, Thomas Zen Essence
Dogen Primer of Soto Zen
(translated by Reiho Masunaga)
Refining Your Life
(commentary by Uchiyama Roshi)
Kapleau, Philip Roshi Awakening To Zen
The Zen of Living and Dying
Three Pillars of Zen
To Cherish All Life
Zen: Merging of East and West
Kusan Sunim The Way of Korean Zen
Suzuki, Shunryu Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Wu, John The Golden Age of Zen
 
 
General Buddhism
de Bary, Theodore The Buddhist Tradition
Goldstein, Joseph Insight Meditation
Kornfield, Jack A Path with Heart
Rahula, Walpola What the Buddha Taught
Ross, Nancy Wilson Buddhism: A Way of Life and Thought
Sangharakshita The Three Jewels
 
Advanced Reading
Bassui Mud and Water
(translated by Arthur Braverman)
Chinul Tracing Back the Radiance
(translated by Robert Buswell)
Hakuin The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin
(translated by Norman Waddell)
Kraft, Kenneth Eloquent Zen: Daito and Early Japanese Zen
Lin-chi The Zen Teachings of Lin-chi
(translated by Burton Watson)
Red Pine The Zen Teachings of Bodhidharma
Ta Hui Swampland Flowers
(translated by Christopher Cleary)
Yasutani, Hakuun Flowers Fall: A Commentary on Dogen's 'Genjokoan'
Yuanwu Zen Letters
(translated by J.C. & Thomas Cleary)

 

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