Recommended Reading
(Many of these books are available from our library in the Zen Center.)
Introductory
Buddhism - Core Ideas, Hsing Yun
Lotus In A Stream, Hsing Yun
What the Buddha Taught, Walpola Rahula
Everyday Zen, Charlotte Joko Beck
The Miracle of Mindfulness, Thich Nhat Hanh
The Kyosaku, Soto Zen Teachings Archive Volume I, Soyu Matsuoka-roshi
Intermediate
Moku-Rai, Soto Zen Teachings Archive Volume II, Soyu Matsuoka-Roshi
Opening the Hand of Thought, Uchiyama-roshi
Nothing Special - Living Zen, Charlotte Joko Beck
The Heart of Being: Moral and Ethical Teachings of Zen Buddhism, John Daido Loori-roshi
Being Upright: Zen Meditation and the Bodhisattva Precepts. Reb Anderson-roshi
The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation, Thich Nhat Hanh
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, Shunryu Suzuki-roshi
Buddha, Karen Armstrong
At Hell’s Gate: A Soldier’s Journey from War to Peace, Claude Anshin Thomas
The Mind of Clover: Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics, Robert Aitken
Advanced
Zen is Eternal Life, Jiyu Kennett-roshi
The Diamond That Cuts Through Illusion, translated and commentary by Thich Nhat Hanh
Old Path, White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha, Thich Nhat Hanh
The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, Phillip Yampolsky
How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment, Zen Master Dogen and Uchiyama-roshi
Instructions to the Cook: A Zen Master’s Lessons in Living a Life That Matters, Bernie Glassman & Rick Fields
Buddhist Wisdom: THe Diamond Sutra and the Heart Sutra, Edward Conze. Note: previous editions of the book had slightly different title
Infinite Circle: Teachings in Zen, Bernie Glassman
Bearing Witness: A Zen Master’s Lessons in Making Peace, Bernie Glassman
The Compass of Zen, Seung Sahn & Hyon Gak
The Eight Gates of Zen: A Program of Zen Training, John Daido Loori-roshi
Eloquent Silence: Nyogen Senzaki’s Gateless Gate and Other Previously Unpublished Teachings and Letters, Nyogen Senzaki (author) and Roko Sherry Chayat (ed)
The Zen Teachings of Bodhidharma, translated by Red Pine
Master Dogen’s Shobogenzo, volumes 1-4, translated and edited by Gudo Nishijima & Chodo Cross.
The Diamond Sutra, translated and commentary by Red Pine
The Heart Sutra, translated and commentary by Red Pine
The Platform Sutra, translated and commentary by Red Pine
Women in Zen
Being Bodies, Lenore Friedman
Bow First, Ask Questions Later: Ordination, Love and Monastic Life in Japan, Gesshin Claire Greenwood and Brad Warner
Buddhism After Patriarchy, Rita M. Gross
Buddhism Beyond Gender: Liberation From Attachment and Identity, Rita M. Gross & Judith Simmer-Brown
Buddhist Feminisms and Femininities, Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Buddhist Women On The Edge, Marianne Dresser
Daughters of Emptiness: Poems of Chinese Buddhist Nuns, Beata Grant
Dharma Family Treasures: Sharing Buddhism With Children, Sandra Eastoak & Diane di Prima
First Buddhist Women: Poems and Stories of Awakening, Susan Murcott
Meetings With Remarkable Women: Buddhist Teachers in America, Lenore Friedman
Receiving the Marrow: Teachings on Dogen By Soto Zen Women Priests, Eido Frances Carney
Seeds For A Boundless Life: Zen Teachings From The Heart, Zenkei Blanche Hartman & Zenju Earthlyn Manuel
Stars At Dawn: Forgotten Stories Of Women In The Buddha's Life, Wending Garling
Subtle Sound: The Zen Teachings Of Maurine Stuart, Sherry Chayat
The Hidden Lamp: Stories From Twenty-Five Years of Awakened Women, Zenshin Florence Caplow & Reigetsu Susan Moon, et al.
The Way of Tenderness: Awakening Through Race, Sexuality and Gender, Zenju Earthlyn Manuel
Walking on Lotus Flowers: Buddhist Women Living, Loving and Meditating, Martine Batchelor