Recommended Reading
Beginner–San Bo
Crooked Cucumber: The life and times of Shunryo Suzuki by David Chadwick
Each Moment is the Universe by Dainin Katagiri
Everyday Zen by Charlotte Joko Beck
Hardcore Zen by Brad Warner
Taking the Path of Zen by Robert Aitken
The Kyosaku selected essays by Soyu Matsuoka
The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh
The Way of Zen by Alan Watts
Three Pillars of Zen by Philip Kapleau
Zen in Your Pocket by Harvey Daiho Hilbert
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
Intermediate–Jukai
Being Upright: Zen Meditation and the Bodhisattva Precepts by Reb Anderson
Buddha by Karen Armstrong
Living By Vow by Shohaku Okumura
Moon in a Dewdrop by Kaz Tanahashi
The Heart of Being: Moral and Ethical Teachings of Zen Buddhism by John Daido Loori
The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching:
The Mind of Clover: Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics by Robert Aitken
What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula
Advanced–Disciples
Bearing Witness: A Zen Master’s Lessons in
Buddhist Wisdom: The Diamond Sutra and the Heart Sutra by Edward Conze
Eloquent Silence: Nyogen Senzaki’s Gateless Gate and Other Previously Unpublished by Nyogen Senzaki
How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment by Zen Master Dogen and Uchiyama
Infinite Circle: Teachings in Zen by Bernie Glassman
Instructions to the Cook: A Zen Master’s Lessons in Living a Life That Matters by Bernie Glassman & Rick Fields
Old Path, White Clouds: Walking in the
Opening the Hand of Thought by Uchiyama
Shobogenzo, volumes 1-4, translated and edited by Gudo Nishijima & Chodo Cross
The Compass of Zen by Seung Sahn & Hyon Gak
The Diamond Sutra, translation and commentary by Red Pine
The Eight Gates of Zen: A Program of Zen Training by John Daido Loori
The Heart Sutra, translation and commentary by Red Pine
The Platform Sutra, translation and commentary by Red Pine
The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch by Phillip Yampolsky
The Zen Teachings of Bodhidharma, translation by Red Pine
Zen is Eternal Life by Jiyu Kennett-roshi