recommended book list

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white plum teachers

Appreciate Your Life, by Maezumi Roshi
The Hazy Moon of Enlightenment, by Maezumi Roshi
The Way of Everyday Life, by Maezumi Roshi
American Zen Bones, by Philomene Long
Instructions to the Cook, by Bernard Glassman
Bearing Witness, A Zen Master's Lessons in Making Peace, by Bernard Glassman
The Still Point: A Beginners Guide to Zen Meditation, by Daido Loori
The 8 gates of Zen: Spiritual Training in an American Zen Monastery, by Daido Loori
The Heart of Being: Moral and Ethical Teachings of Zen Buddhism, by Daido Loori
The Eye Never Sleeps, Striking to the Heart of Zen, by Dennis Genpo Merzel
Big Heart - Big Ming, by Dennis Genpo Merzel
The Way of Zen, by Charles Tenshin Fletcher and David Scott
Everyday Zen, Love and Work, by Charlotte Joko Beck
The Great Heart Way, How to Heal your Life and Find Self-Fulfillment, by Gerry Shishin Wick
A Lamp Unto Ourselves, by Nicolee Jikyo McMahon

dogen zenji

Enlightenment Unfolds, The Essential Teachings of Dogen, by Kazuaki Tanahashi
Moon in a Dewdrop, by Kazuaki Tanahashi
Flowers Fall, A Commentary on Zen Master Dogen's Genjokoan, by Hakuin Yasatani
From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment/Refining Your Life, by Kosho Uchiyama
How to Raise an Ox, by Francis Cook - translator
Dogen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community, trans. by Leighton and Okumura
Sounds of Valley Streams: Enlightenment in Dogen's Zen, trans. by Francis Cook
 

koan study

The Gateless Barrier, by Robert Aitken
Two Zen Classics, Mumonkan and Hekiganroku, by Katsuki Sekida
The Blue Cliff Record, by Thomas Cleary and J.C. Cleary
The Record of Transmitting the Light, by Keizan Zenji, trans. by Francis Cook
Transmission of Light, by Thomas Cleary
Living Buddha Zen, by Lex Hixon
Zen Light, Unconventional Commentaries on the Denkoroku, by Stefano Barragato
Two Arrows Meeting in Mid-Air: The Zen Koan, by Daido Loori
 
 

general reading

Three Pillars of Zen, by Roshi Phillip Kapleau
Zen Training, by Katsuki Sekida
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi
The Miracle of Mindfulness, by Thich Nhat Hahn
Breathe! You are Alive, by Thich Nhat Hahn

 

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