Getting Started:
The Three Pillars of Zen by Philip Kapleau
Taking the Path of Zen by Robert Aitken
Zen the Authentic Gate by Yamada Koun
Zen Mind, Beginners Mind, by Shunryu Suzuki
Everyday Zen by Charlotte Joko Beck
The Buddha by Karen Armstrong
Buddhism, a Way of Life and Thought by Nancy Wilson Ross
Mindfulness in Plain English by Henepola Gunaratana
Precept Study
Heart of Being by John Daido Loori
The Mind of Clover by Robert Aitken
Classical Zen
The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin
The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma translated by Red Pine
How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment by Dogen & Kosho Uchiyama
Mud and Water: A Collection of Talks by the Zen Master Bassui
Swampland Flowers: The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui
Zen Letters: Teachings of Yuanwu
The Unborn: The Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankei
Tracing Back the Radiance: Chinul’s Korean Way of Zen
The Zen Teaching of Huang Po on the Transmission of Mind
Reference
Zen’s Chinese Heritage: The Masters and Their Teachings
The Golden Age of Zen by John Wu
Shambala Dictionary of Buddhism and Zen
Other
Toward a Psychology of Awakening by John Welwood
A New Buddhist Path: Enlightenment, Evolution, and Ethics in the Modern World by David R. Loy
When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodren
