Zen Buddhism


Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment
The Way of Zen
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings
An Introduction to Zen Buddhism
Everyday Zen: Love & Work
Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Zen in the Art of Archery
Taking the Path of Zen
The Gateless Gate: The Classic Book of Zen Koans
The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
A Tale for the Time Being
The Zen Teaching of Huang Po: On the Transmission of Mind
Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice
A Conflict of Visions by Thomas SowellThe Use of Knowledge in Society by Friedrich A. HayekThe Righteous Mind by Jonathan HaidtThe Writings of William James by William  JamesThe Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
Erraticus Must Reads
31 books — 7 voters
Zen Sand by Victor Sogen HoriThe Gateless Gate by Wumen HuikaiThe Zen Teachings of Rinzai by Línjì YìxuánThe Original Face by Thomas ClearyThe Book of Rinzai by Eido Tai Shimano
Rinzai Zen
57 books — 11 voters

Try if you wish. But Zen comes of itself. True Zen shows in everyday living, CONSCIOUSNESS in action. More than any limited awareness, it opens every inner door to our infinite nature. Instantly mind frees. How it frees! False Zen wracks brains as a fiction concocted by priests and salesmen to peddle their own wares. Look at it this way, inside out and inside in: CONSCIOUSNESS everywhere, inclusive, through you. Then you can't help living humbly in wonder. ...more
Paul Reps, Zen Flesh Zen Bones

Shunryu Suzuki
While you are continuing this practice, week after week, year after year, your experience will become deeper and deeper, and your experience will cover everything you do in your everyday life. The most important thing is to forget all gain ing ideas, all dualistic ideas. In other words, just practice zazen in a certain posture. Do not think about anything. Just remain on your cushion without expecting anything. Then eventually you will resume your own true nature. That is to say, your own true n ...more
Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

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