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Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki

10 best books like Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki (David Chadwick): Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice, The I Ching or Book of Changes, Being Peace, The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness, No Time to Lose: A Timely Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, The Three Pillars of Zen, What Makes You Not a Buddhist, After the Ecstasy, the Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path

Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings
AuthorPaul Reps
ISBN0804831866
When Zen Flesh, Zen Bones was published in 1957 it became an instant sensation with an entire generation of readers who were just beginning to experiment with Zen. Over the years it has inspired leading American Zen teachers, students, and practitioners. Its popularity is as high today as ever.

Zen...
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
AuthorShunryu Suzuki
ISBN0834800799
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.”

So begins this most beloved of all American Zen books. Seldom has such a small handful of words provided a teaching as rich as has this famous opening line. In a single stroke, the simple sentence...
The I Ching or Book of Changes
AuthorAnonymous
The I Ching, or Book of Changes, is one of the 1st efforts of the human mind to place itself within the universe. It has exerted a living influence in China for 3000 years and interest in it has spread in the West.

Set down in the dawn of history as a book of oracles, the Book of Changes deepened in meaning...
Being Peace
AuthorThich Nhat Hanh
ISBN0938077007
Being Peace

I keep Thich Naht Hanh's books in my book case
but anymore I do not read them.

I think of him often, ever since he had a stroke.
He made it though, but I can't find out how he is.
As far as I know he is still alive
and still a very wise but old man.

Some days...
The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness
AuthorYongey Mingyur
ISBN0307346250
For millennia, Buddhists have enjoyed the limitless benefits of meditation. But how does it work? And why? The principles behind this ancient practice have long eluded some of the best minds in modern science. Until now.

In this groundbreaking work, world-renowned Buddhist teacher Yongey...
No Time to Lose: A Timely Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva
AuthorPema Chödrön
ISBN1590301358
Over the years, Pema Chödrön's books have offered readers an exciting new way of living: developing fearlessness, generosity, and compassion in all aspects of their lives. In this new book, she invites readers to venture further along the path of the "bodhisattva warrior," explaining in depth...
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
AuthorChögyam Trungpa
ISBN1570629579
In this modern spiritual classic, the Tibetan meditation master Chögyam Trungpa highlights the commonest pitfall to which every aspirant on the spiritual path falls prey: what he calls spiritual materialism. The universal tendency, he shows, is to see spirituality as a process of self-improvement—the...
The Three Pillars of Zen
AuthorPhilip Kapleau
ISBN0385260938
Through explorations of the three pillars of Zen--teaching, practice, and enlightenment--Roshi Philip Kapleau presents a comprehensive overview of the history and discipline of Zen Buddhism.  An established classic, this 35th anniversary edition features new illustrations and photographs,...
What Makes You Not a Buddhist
AuthorDzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
ISBN1590304063
Dzongsar Khyentse is one of the most creative and innovative young Tibetan Buddhist lamas teaching today. The director of two feature films with Buddhist themes (the international sensation The Cup and Travelers and Magicians), this provocative teacher, artist, and poet is widely known and admired...
After the Ecstasy, the Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path
AuthorJack Kornfield
ISBN0553378295
“Enlightenment does exist,” internationally renowned author and meditation master Jack Kornfield assures us. “Unbounded freedom and joy, oneness with the divine ... these experiences are more common than you know, and not far away.”

But even after achieving such realization...
Nothing Special
AuthorCharlotte Joko Beck
ISBN0062511173
WHEN NOTHING IS SPECIAL, EVERYTHING CAN BE

The best-selling author of 'Everyday Zen' shows how to awaken to daily life and discover the ideal in the everyday, finding riches in our feelings, relationships, and work. 'Nothing Special' offers the rare and delightful experience of learning...
Rebel Buddha: On the Road to Freedom
AuthorDzogchen Ponlop
ISBN1590308743
There’s a rebel within you. It’s the part of you that already knows how to break free of fear and unhappiness. This rebel is the voice of your own awakened mind. It’s your rebel buddha—the sharp, clear intelligence that resists the status quo. It wakes you up from the sleepy acceptance of your...
The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation
AuthorChögyam Trungpa
ISBN1590302893
Freedom is generally thought of as the ability to achieve goals and satisfy desires. But what are the sources of these goals and desires? If they arise from ignorance, habitual patterns, and negative emotions, is the freedom to pursue these goals true freedom—or is it just a myth? 

In this...
The Heart Sutra
AuthorAnonymous
ISBN1593760825
The short text of The Heart Sutra is Buddhism in a nutshell. It has had the most profound and wide-reaching influence of any text in Buddhism. Its full title, Prajna Paramita Hrdaya Sutra, "The Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom," explains that this sutra contains the essence of the Buddha’s...
Ruling Your World: Ancient Strategies For Modern Life
AuthorSakyong Mipham
ISBN0767920805
You’re stuck in the airport security line, late for a flight. The line isn’t moving. You’re angry at the security personnel for taking so long, you’re irritated at the other passengers for having so much stuff, you’re mad at your boss for sending you on this trip in the first place. By the time...
The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
AuthorBodhidharma
ISBN0865473994
A fifth-century Indian Buddhist monk, Bodhidharma is credited with bringing Zen to China. Although the tradition that traces its ancestry back to him did not flourish until nearly two hundred years after his death, today millions of Zen Buddhists and students of kung fu claim him as their spiritual...
Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen
AuthorShunryu Suzuki
ISBN0060957549
Practising the true spirit of Zen.

Not Always So is based on Shunryu Suzuki's lectures and is framed in his own inimitable, allusive, paradoxical style, rich with unexpected and off–centre insights. Suzuki knew he was dying at the time of the lectures, which gives his thoughts an urgency...
Confession of a Buddhist Atheist
AuthorStephen Batchelor
ISBN0385527063
Written with the same brilliance and boldness that made Buddhism Without Beliefs a classic in its field, Confession of a Buddhist Atheist is Stephen Batchelor’s account of his journey through Buddhism, which culminates in a groundbreaking new portrait of the historical Buddha.

Stephen...
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