Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice

10 best books like Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice (Kosho Uchiyama): Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice, The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science, Everyday Zen: Love and Work, The Three Pillars of Zen, Sit Down and Shut Up: Punk Rock Commentaries on Buddha, God, Truth, Sex, Death, and Dogen's Treasury of the Right Dharma Eye, Nothing Special, An Introduction to Zen Buddhism, How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment, Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation, Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

Author	Shunryu Suzuki
ISBN	0834800799

“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 Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science

Author	Culadasa (John Yates)
ISBN	0990847705

Providing step-by-step guidance for every stage of the meditation path, this uniquely comprehensive guide for a Western audience combines the wisdom from the teachings of the Buddha with the latest research in cognitive psychology and neuroscience. Clear and friendly, this in-depth practice...

Everyday Zen: Love and Work

Author	Charlotte Joko Beck
ISBN	0060607343

DOES A DOG HAVE BUDDHA NATURE?

Maybe - for Zen is Nothing Special. Skimming thru this little miracle of a book again this morning for the umpteen zillionth time, I read:

"My dog doesn't worry about the meaning of life. She may worry if she doesn't get her breakfast, but she doesn't sit...

The Three Pillars of Zen

Author	Philip Kapleau
ISBN	0385260938

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,...

Sit Down and Shut Up: Punk Rock Commentaries on Buddha, God, Truth, Sex, Death, and Dogen's Treasury of the Right Dharma Eye

Author	Brad Warner
ISBN	1577315596

In Sit Down and Shut Up, Brad Warner tackles one of the great works of Zen literature, the Shobogenzo by 13th-century Zen master Dogen. Illuminating Dogen’s enigmatic teachings in plain language, Warner intertwines sharp philosophical musings on sex, evil, anger, meditation, enlightenment,...

Nothing Special

Author	Charlotte Joko Beck
ISBN	0062511173

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...

An Introduction to Zen Buddhism

Author	D.T. Suzuki
ISBN	0802130550

One of the world’s leading authorities on Zen Buddhism, D. T. Suzuki was the author of more than a hundred works on the subject in both Japanese and English, and was most instrumental in bringing the teachings of Zen Buddhism to the attention of the Western world. Written in a lively, accessible, and...

How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment

Author	Dōgen
ISBN	1590302915

In the thirteenth century, Zen master Dogen—perhaps the most significant of all Japanese philosophers, and the founder of the Japanese Soto Zen sect—wrote a practical manual of Instructions for the Zen Cook . In drawing parallels between preparing meals for the Zen monastery and spiritual training,...

Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation

Author

Joseph Goldstein

In Seeking the Heart of Wisdom Goldstein and Kornfield present the central teachings and practices of insight meditation in a clear and personal language. The path of insight meditation is a journey of understanding our bodies, our minds, and our lives, of seeing clearly the true nature of experience....

Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen

Author	Shunryu Suzuki
ISBN	0060957549

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...

The Art of Just Sitting: Essential Writings on the Zen Practice of Shikantaza

Author

John Daido Loori

Shikantaza--or "just sitting"--is one of the simplest, most subtle forms of meditation, and one of the most easily misunderstood. This peerless volume brings together a wealth of writings, from the Buddha himself to Bodhidharma and Dogen and many of modern Zen Buddhism's most influential masters,...

Bow First, Ask Questions Later: Ordination, Love, and Monastic Zen in Japan

Author

Gesshin Claire Greenwood

What happens when a free-spirited, modern American girl goes on a spiritual quest into structured, traditional Japanese Zen life?

Gesshin Claire Greenwood was a liberal, free-spirited American girl who found meaning and freedom in disciplined, traditional Japanese Zen life. However,...