Suggested Reading List

Buddhism and Zen

Robert Aitken, Taking the Path of Zen, North Point
Charlotte Joko Beck, Everyday Zen: Love and Work, Harper & Row
Pema Chodron, When Things Fall Apart, Shambhala
Norman Fischer, Training in Compassion, Shambhala
James Ishamel Ford, This Very Moment: A Brief Introduction to Buddhism and Zen for Unitarian Universalists, Skinner House
Bernie Glassman, Bearing Witness: A Zen Master’s Lessons in Making Peace, Bell Tower
Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching, Harmony
Rōshi Philip Kapleau, The Three Pillars of Zen, Anchor
Ruth King, Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out, Sounds True
Jack Kornfield, A Path With Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life, Bantam
David Loy, Ecodharma: Buddhist Teachings for the Environmental Crisis, Wisdom
Barry Magid, Ending the Pursuit of Happiness, Wisdom
Susan Murphy, A Fire Runs through All Things: Zen Koans for Facing the Climate Crisis, Shambhala
Shohaku Okumura, Living by Vow, Wisdom
Red Pine, The Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Huineng, Counterpoint
Seung Sahn, Only Don’t Know: The Teaching Letters of Zen Master Seung Sahn, Shambhala
Grace Schierson, Zen Women, Wisdom
Mu Soeng, The Diamond Sutra: Transforming the Way We Perceive the World, Wisdom
Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, Weatherhill
Kazuaki Tanahashi, Moon in a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen, North Point
John Tarrant, The Light Inside the Dark: Zen, Soul, and the Spiritual Life, Harper Collins
Kosho Uchiyama, Opening the Hand of Thought, Wisdom
angel Kyodo Williams, Lama Rod Owens, Jasmine Syedullah, Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation, Penguin Random House
Larry Yang, Awakening Together: The Spiritual Practice of Inclusivity and Community, Wisdom

Koan collections

Robert Aitken, The Gateless Barrier: The Wu-men Kuan (Mumonkan), North Point
Florence Caplow and Susan Moon, The Hidden Lamp, Wisdom
Thomas and J.C. Cleary, The Blue Cliff Record, Shambhala
Thomas Cleary, Book of Serenity, Lindisfarne
Francis Dojun Cook, The Record of Transmitting the Light, Center

Precepts Study

Robert Aitken, Mind of Clover, North Point
Reb Anderson, Being Upright, Shambhala
Diane Rizzetto, Waking Up to What You Do, Shambhala
John Daido Loori, The Heart of Being: Moral and Ethical Teachings of Zen Buddhism, Dharma Communications