Zen Buddhism


Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
The Way of Zen
The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings
Everyday Zen: Love & Work
An Introduction to Zen Buddhism
Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Zen in the Art of Archery
The Gateless Gate: The Classic Book of Zen Koans
Taking the Path of Zen
The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
A Tale for the Time Being
The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
The Zen Teaching of Huang Po: On the Transmission of Mind
The Dhammapada
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
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

Shunryu Suzuki
In the zazen posture, your mind and body have, great power to accept things as they are, whether agreeable or disagreeable. In our scriptures (Samyuktagama Sutra, volume 33), it is said that there are four kinds of horses: excellent ones, good ones, poor ones, and bad ones. The best horse will run slow and fast, right and left, at the driver's will, before it sees the shadow of the whip; the second best will run as well as the first one does, just before the whip reaches its skin; the third one ...more
Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

Alan W. Watts
[T]he joy of travel is not nearly so much in getting where one wants to go as in the unsought surprises which occur on the journey.
Alan W. Watts, The Way of Zen

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