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recommended reading
books on soto zen:
These are excellent books for anyone interested
in understanding Soto Zen Buddhist practice and ethics, and have
been recommended to those wishing to receive the precepts in the
Jukai Ceremony.
Opening the Hand of Thought: Approach to Zen, by Kosho
Uchiyama-Roshi. Translated by Shohaku Okumura and Tom Wright.
(Penguin Books)
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, by Shunryu Suzuki-Roshi (Weatherhill)
Returning to Silence: Zen Practice in Everyday Life,
by Dainin Katagiri-Roshi (Shambhala)
The Mind of Clover - Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics,
by Robert Aiken-Roshi (North Point Press)
Dogen Zen, Translated by Shohaku Okumura (Kyoto Soto
Zen Center)
Shobogenzo zuimonki, Sayings of Eihei Dogen Zenji recorded
by Koun Ejo, translated by Shohaku Okumura (Kyoto Soto Zen
Center)
books on buddhism:
The following books are good introductions to Buddhism and Zen.
What the Buddha Taught, by Walpola Rahula (Grove Press,
first published in 1959 and now in its umpteenth printing, is
an unsurpassed introduction to Buddhism.
Being Peace, by Thich Nhat Hahn (Parallax Press).
In clear, beautiful language. Thich Nhat Hahn discusses the
importance of living in a way that creates peace. There's
a chapter on the Precepts of the Order of Interbeing, which
we recite in our longer services at the Zen Center.
Everyday Zen, by Charlotte Joko Beck (Harper).
Based on her talks to Zen students at San Diego Zen Center and
Zen Center of Los Angeles.
Subtle Sound, by Maurine Stuart Roshi (Shambhala). From
her talks mostly at Zen Center of Syracuse.
The Wisdom of No Escape, by Pema Chodron (Shambhala).
A book with lots of heart. Pema Chodron is an American
nun who directs Gampo Abbey, a Tibetan Buddhist monastery for
Westerners in Nova Scotia.
newsletters:
Dharma
Eye, Soto Zen Journal of the Soto Zen Education Center,
San Francisco CA
Zen
Friends, Zen Quarterly, publication of Sotoshu Shumucho.
The
Bridgeless Bridge, Sanshin Zen Community, Minneapolis MN
Prairie
Wind Online, Nebraska Zen Center, Omaha NE
Stillpoint,
Dharma Rain Zen Center, Portland OR
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