Zen Keys: A Guide to Zen Practice

10 best books like Zen Keys: A Guide to Zen Practice (Thich Nhat Hanh): Hannibal Rising, The Dharma Bums, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice, Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life, The Way of Zen, The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are, America: The Farewell Tour, The Three Pillars of Zen, Introducing Buddha, Zen Buddhism: Selected Writings of D. T. Suzuki

Hannibal Rising

Author	Thomas Harris
ISBN	0385339410

HE IS ONE OF THE MOST HAUNTING CHARACTERS
IN ALL OF LITERATURE.

AT LAST THE EVOLUTION OF HIS EVIL
IS REVEALED.

Hannibal Lecter emerges from the nightmare of the Eastern Front, a boy in the snow, mute, with a chain around his neck.

He seems utterly alone, but he has brought...

The Dharma Bums

Author

Jack Kerouac

Two ebullient young men search for Truth the Zen way: from marathon wine-drinking bouts, poetry jam sessions, and "yabyum" in San Francisco's Bohemia, to solitude in the high Sierras and a vigil atop Desolation Peak in Washington State. Published just a year after On the Road put the Beat Generation...

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...

Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

Author	Jon Kabat-Zinn
ISBN	1401307787

Dear Brother,

When you first asked me about how to practice meditation (was it last week?), I gave you a few vague answers and then dismissed it from my mind, thinking that while it is impressive that you consider it seriously, it is not really vital to you right now. But, yesterday when you...

The Way of Zen

Author	Alan W. Watts
ISBN	0375705104

In his definitive introduction to Zen Buddhism, Alan Watts explains the principles and practices of this ancient religion to Western readers. With a rare combination of freshness and lucidity, he delves into the origins and history of Zen to explain what it means for the world today with incredible...

The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

Author	Alan W. Watts
ISBN	0679723005

Alan Watts asks what is the cause of the illusion that the self is a separate ego, housed in a bag of skin, and which confronts a universe of physical objects that are alien to it. Rather a person's identity (their ego) binds them to the physical universe, creating a relationship with their environment...

America: The Farewell Tour

Author

Chris Hedges

Chris Hedges’s profound and provocative examination of America in crisis is “an exceedingly…provocative book, certain to arouse controversy, but offering a point of view that needs to be heard” (Booklist), about how bitter hopelessness and malaise have resulted in a culture of sadism...

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,...

Introducing Buddha

Author	Jane Hope
ISBN	1840460768

Informative yet ironic.

TW: images of suicide, abuse of women and orgies are in this book. Unnecessarily attacks Christianity.

I'm a Roman Catholic, yet I wished to learn more of what my Buddhist friends practiced. At first, this book was very informative and nice to learn about....

Zen Buddhism: Selected Writings of D. T. Suzuki

Author	D.T. Suzuki
ISBN	0385093004

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...