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Zen Buddhism: Selected Writings of D. T. Suzuki

10 best books like Zen Buddhism: Selected Writings of D. T. Suzuki (D.T. Suzuki): Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings, The Three Pillars of Zen, The Lotus Sutra, Taking the Path of Zen, The Diamond Sutra and The Sutra of Hui-Neng, The Heart Sutra, Essential Tibetan Buddhism, Religion and Nothingness, The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma, Buddhist Scriptures

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...
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 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 Diamond Sutra and The Sutra of Hui-Neng
AuthorHui-Neng
ISBN0877730059
The Diamond Sutra, composed in India in the 4th century CE, is one of the most treasured works of Buddhist literature & is the oldest existing printed book in the world. It's known as the Diamond Sutra because its teachings are said to be like diamonds that cut away all dualistic thought, releasing...
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...
Essential Tibetan Buddhism
AuthorRobert A.F. Thurman
ISBN0785808728
An accessible introduction to this rich spiritual tradition through its own vibrant literature, much of it only recently available in the West. Here are teachings about the Buddha, subsequent Buddhas, and our Buddhist nature; prayer texts and meditation techniques; the stories of hermits and yogis;...
Religion and Nothingness
AuthorKeiji Nishitani
ISBN0520049462
In Religion and Nothingness the leading representative of the Kyoto School of Philosophy lays the foundation of thought for a world in the making, for a world united beyond the differences of East and West. Keiji Nishitani notes the irreversible trend of Western civilization to nihilism, and singles...
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...
Buddhist Scriptures
AuthorAnonymous
ISBN0140440887
A volume of key writings on the Buddha, collected from a variety of languages and traditions

While Buddhism has no central text comparable to the Bible or Koran, there is a powerful body of scripture from across Asia that encompasses the dharma, or the teachings of the Buddha. In this rich anthology,...
A Buddhist Bible
AuthorDwight Goddard
ISBN0807059110
A wide selection of readings from Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan, and modern sources intended to provide the reader with a foundation in classical Buddhist thought.

The first book to bring together the key texts of modern Buddhism.

In the last hundred years, the world, especially...
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...
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...
Zen Training: Methods and Philosophy
AuthorKatsuki Sekida
ISBN0834801140
I don't pretend to understand most of this book. It was a heavy read, at times plodding - and yet I'm glad to have had the chance to read it. Certain passages struck me:

Someday you will have this kind of experience. And one day, when you emerge from it, rising from your seat, stepping across the doorsill,...
This is It & Other Essays on Zen & Spiritual Experience
AuthorAlan W. Watts
ISBN0394719042
To understand music, you must listen to it. But so long as you are thinking, “I am listening to this music,” you are not listening".


Recognizing that the experience of presence is the only experience, is also a reminder that our “I” doesn’t exist beyond this present moment...
Zen Lessons: The Art of Leadership
AuthorThomas Cleary
ISBN1590305078
Drawing on private records, letters, and long-lost documents of the Song dynasty (tenth to thirteenth centuries), this book consists of short excerpts written in a language that is accessible to readers without any background in Eastern philosophy. It serves as a study of the personal qualities...
Zen Keys: A Guide to Zen Practice
AuthorThich Nhat Hanh
ISBN0385475616
Thich Nhat Hanh brings his warmth and clarity to this unique explication of Zen Buddhism. Beginning with a discussion of daily life in a Zen monastery, Nhat Hanh illustrates the character of Zen as practiced in Vietnam, and gives the reader clear explanations of the central elements of Zen practice...
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