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The Diamond Sutra and The Sutra of Hui-Neng

10 best books like The Diamond Sutra and The Sutra of Hui-Neng (Hui-Neng): Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings, The Way of the Bodhisattva, The Three Pillars of Zen, The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya, The Lotus Sutra, Taking the Path of Zen, The Zen Teaching of Huang Po: On the Transmission of Mind, Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice, Zen Buddhism: Selected Writings of D. T. Suzuki, The Heart Sutra

Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings
AuthorZhuangzi
ISBN0231105959
The basic writings of Chuang Tzu have been savored by Chinese readers for over two thousand years. And Burton Watson's lucid and beautiful translation has been loved by generations of readers.

Chuang Tzu (369?-286? B.C.) was a leading philosopher representing the Taoist strain in Chinese...
The Way of the Bodhisattva
AuthorŚāntideva
ISBN1590300572
One of the great classics of Mahayana Buddhism, The Way of the Bodhisattva ( Bodhicharyavatara) is a guide to cultivating the mind of enlightenment, and to generating the qualities of love, compassion, generosity, and patience. Presented in the form of a personal meditation in verse, it outlines...
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,...
The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya
AuthorBhikkhu Bodhi
This book offers a complete translation of the Majjhima Nikaya, or Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, one of the major collections of texts in the Pali Canon, the authorized scriptures of Theravada Buddhism. This collection--among the oldest records of the historical Buddha's original teachings--consists...
The Lotus Sutra
AuthorAnonymous
ISBN0231081618
Since its appearance in China in the third century, The Lotus Sutra has been regarded as one of the most illustrious scriptures in the Mahayana Buddhist canon. The object of intense veneration among generations of Buddhists in China, Korea, Japan, and other parts of the world, it has had a profound impact...
Taking the Path of Zen
AuthorRobert Aitken
ISBN0865470804
There is a fine art to presenting complex ideas with simplicity and insight, in a manner that both guides and inspires. In Taking the Path of Zen Robert Aitken presents the practice, lifestyle, rationale, and ideology of Zen Buddhism with remarkable clarity.

The foundation of Zen is the practice...
The Zen Teaching of Huang Po: On the Transmission of Mind
AuthorHuang Po
ISBN0802150926
This complete translation of the original collection of sermons, dialogues, and anecdotes of Huang Po, the illustrious Chinese master of the Tang Dynasty, allows the Western reader to gain an understanding of Zen from the original source, one of the key works in its teachings; it also offers deep and...
Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice
AuthorKosho Uchiyama
ISBN0861713575
Reading about Zen is alot like reading about food. There are those glossy coffetable books that show off the aesthetic of fresh food or the creativity of the author/photographer and there are solid books filled with recipies that make your mouth water. It`s theory and practice. There are a lot of Books...
Zen Buddhism: Selected Writings of D. T. Suzuki
AuthorD.T. Suzuki
ISBN0385093004
No other figure in history has played a bigger part in opening the West to Buddhism than the eminent Zen author D.T. Suzuki. In the reissue of his best work, readers are given the very heart of Zen teaching. These writings are brought together to form the most accessible & definitive overview of Zen...
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...
The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Digha Nikaya
AuthorMaurice Walshe
ISBN0861711033
This book offers a complete translation of the Digha Nikaya, the long discourses of the Buddha, one of the major collections of texts in the Pali Canon, the authorized scriptures of Theravada Buddhism. This collection--among the oldest records of the historical Buddha's original teachings, given...
Master Dogen's Shobogenzo
AuthorGudo Wafu Nishijima
ISBN1419638203
This translation, supported by the Japan Foundation, makes a strong claim to be the definitive translation of the 95 chapter edition of Shobogenzo, the essential Japanese Buddhist text, written in the 13th century by Zen Master Dogen. The translation adheres closely to the original Japanese, with...
The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
AuthorNāgārjuna
ISBN0195093364
The Buddhist saint Nagarjuna, who lived in South India in approximately the second century CE, is undoubtedly the most important, influential, and widely studied Mahayana Buddhist philosopher. His many works include texts addressed to lay audiences, letters of advice to kings, and a set of penetrating...
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...
The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti: A Mahayana Scripture
AuthorAnonymous
ISBN0271006013
This book presents the major teachings of Mah y na Buddhism in a precise, dramatic, and even humorous form. For two millennia this S tra, called the jewel of the Mah y na S tras, has enjoyed immense popularity among Mah y na Buddhists in India, central and southeast Asia, Japan, and especially China, where...
Moon in a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen
AuthorDōgen
Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), among the first to transmit Zen Buddhism from China to Japan and founder of the important Soto School, was not only a profoundly influential and provocative Zen philosopher but also one of the most stimulating figures in Japanese letters.

Kazuaki Tanahashi, collaborating...
The Zen Teachings of Master Lin-Chi: A Translation of the Lin-Chi Lu
AuthorLínjì Yìxuán
ISBN0231114850
Among the most important texts of Zen literature, the "Lin-Chi lu" details the insights and exploits of the great ninth century Chinese Zen master Lin-chi, one of the most highly regarded of the T'ang period masters. PEN Translation Prize-winner Burton Watson presents here an eloquent translation...
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...
Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki
AuthorDavid Chadwick
ISBN0767901053
Shunryu Suzuki is known to countless readers as the author of the modern spiritual classic Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. This most influential teacher comes vividly to life in Crooked Cucumber, the first full biography of any Zen master to be published in the West. To make up his intimate and engrossing...
The Heart of Understanding: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra
AuthorThich Nhat Hanh
ISBN0938077112
No one but Thay could make the Abhidharma technicalities and mind-bending paradoxes of emptiness of the Heart Sutra read like simple breathing while looking at clouds. The highest wisdom, prajnaparamita, in Thay's hands shows you its immediacy and practicality for everyday living. After reading...
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