Recommended Reading



Zen

Master Hsu Yun's Discourses and Dharma Words, Edited and translated by Charles Luk

Zen Mind, Beginners Mind,  by Shunryu Suzuki

Buddhism and Zen, by Nyogen Senzaki & Ruth Strout McCandless

Bankei Zen by Peter Haskel


The Way of Zen,  by  Alan Watts


The Tao of Zen by Ray Grigg


Upside Down Zen by Susan Murphy

Everyday Zen,  by Charlotte Joko Beck


Zen Practice

Principles of Zen, by Martine Batchelor

Meditation Without Guru's (a guide to the heart of practice), by Clark Strand

 

Historical

The Shobogenzo  by Dogen Zenji

Tranmission of the Lamp by Kaizan Jokin

The Zen Teaching of Master Lin-Chi, Translated by Burton Watson 

The Sutra of Hui Neng, Grandmaster of Zen translated by Thomas Cleary

The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma translated by Red Pine


Buddhism

Heart of the Buddha's Teaching, by Thich Nhat Hanh

Wisdom of the Buddha (The Unabridged Dhammapada), Translated by F. Max Muller

What the Buddha Taught, by Walpola Rahula


Other Works


Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu


The Gospel of Thomas


 

Recommended Viewing: 

Visual media which may be helpful to practice

 


Movies


Zen (2009 Japanese movie about the life of Dogen)

Enlightenment Guaranteed (German)

Avatar

The Last Samurai

The Matrix

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter . . . and Spring (Korean)

Zen Noir



TV Series and Specials


Shogun  (Original series with Richard Chamberlain)


Kung Fu  (David Caradine, Keye Luke and Philip Ahn)



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