Helpful Books

Mahayana Buddhist Sutras

  • The Three Pure Land Sutras – BDK
  • The Surangama Sutra – BDK
  • The Lotus Sutra – BDK
  • The Lankavatara Sutra
  • The Teaching for Bhadrapala Sutra
  • The Pratyutpanna Samadhi Sutra – BDK
  • The Surangama Samadhi Sutra – BDK
  • A Day in the Life: the Empty Bowl & Diamond Sutras – Red Pine
  • The Formation of Ch’an Ideaology in China and Korea: The Vajrasamadhi Sutra
  • The Sutra of Hui Neng (The Platform Sutra)
  • The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment
  • The Avatamsaka Sutra
  • The Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
  • Perfect Wisdom – Edward Conze
  • The Heart of Prajnaparamita Sutra
  • The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines – Edward Conze
  • The Dharani Entering Into Nonconceptuality – Translated by the Dharmachakra Translation Committee
  • Sutra of the Past Vows of Earth Store Bodhisattva – Buddhist Text Translation Society
  • A Treasury of Mahayana Sutras – Garma C. C. Chang

Zen and Taoism

  • Zen Letters: Teachings of Yuanwu – J.C. Cleary and Thomas Cleary
  • Hsin Hsin Ming
  • Dropping Ashes on the Buddha – Zen Master Seung Sahn
  • The Mirror of Zen: The Classic Guide to Buddhist Practice – Zen Master So Sahn
  • The Compass of Zen – Zen Master Seung Sahn
  • Wanting Enlightenment Is a Big Mistake: Teachings of Zen Master Seung Sahn – Zen Master Seung Sahn
  • The Zen Teachings of Bodhidharma – Red Pine
  • Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years – Red Pine
  • The Zen Teaching of Huang Po – John Blofeld
  • Zen Teaching of Instantaneous Awakening – John Blofeld
  • Yung-chia’s Song of Enlightenment – Red Pine
  • Wake Up and Laugh: The Dharma Teaching of Zen Master Daehaeng
  • No River to Cross: Trusting the Enlightenment That’s Always Right Here – Seon Master Daehaeng
  • Touching The Earth – Seon Master Daehaeng
  • My Heart Is A Golden Buddha – Seon Master Daehaeng
  • Practice In Daily Life (Series) – Seon Master Daehaeng
  • Mud and Water: The Collected Teachings of Zen Master Bassui – Arthur Braverman
  • Unborn: The Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankei – Norman Waddell
  • The Secrets of Chinese Meditation – Lu K’uan Yu
  • The Chan Handbook – Buddhist Text Translation Society
  • The Tao of Zen – Ray Grigg
  • The Tao of Pooh – Benjamin Hoff
  • Handbooks for Taoist Practice Vol I-III – Louis Komjathy
  • Daode Jing – Louis Komjathy
  • Lao-Tzu’s Tao Te Ching – Red Pine
  • Ching Jing Sutra – Joy Tianyun Wu, PH.D
  • Stillness of Mind, Clarity of Spirit – Jong Orsborn A.P.
  • Zhuangzi: The Complete Writings – Brook Ziporyn
  • Lieh Tzu – Eva Wong
  • Wen Tzu – Thomas Cleary
  • Sitting In Oblivion – Livia Kohn
  • Tao and Longevity – Huai-Chin Nan
  • Vitality, Energy, Spirit: A Taoist Sourcebook – Thomas Cleary
  • Taoist Yoga – Lu K’uan Yu
  • China Root: Taoism, Ch’an, and Original Zen – David Hinton
  • Internal Elixir Cultivation – Robert James Coons
  • Daoist Dietetics: Food for Immortality – Livia Kohn

Pure Land Buddhism

  • Horizontal Escape (Pure Land Buddhism in Theory and Practice)
  • Pure Land Pure Mind – J.C. Cleary
  • Going Home to the Pure Land – Shi Wuling
  • Pure-land Zen, Zen Pure-land – Yin Kuang
  • The Seekers Glossary of Buddhism

Theravada Buddhism

  • Heartwood of the Bodhi Tree – Bhuddadasa Bhikkhu
  • Seeing With The Eye of Dhamma – Bhuddadasa Bhikkhu
  • The Gradual Training: The Buddha’s Step-by-Step Guide for Awakening – Leigh Brasington
  • What You Might Not Know about Jhana & Samadhi – Kumāra Bhikkhu
  • Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond – Ajahn Brahm
  • Wisdom Develops Samadhi – Acariya Maha Boowa Nanasampanno
  • Small Boat Great Mountain – Amaro Bhikkhu
  • The Sound of Silence – Ajahn Sumedho
  • Arahattamagga Arahattaphala – Acariya Maha Boowa Nanasampanno and Bhikkhu Dick Silaratano

Learning About Buddhism

  • The Dhammapada – Various Translations
  • In the Buddha’s Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon – Bhikkhu Bodhi
  • The Way to Buddhahood: Instructions from a Modern Chinese Master – Yin-Shun

Miscellaneous

  • Changing Destiny: Liao-Fan’s Four Lessons – Chin-Kung
  • I Am Boundlessness – Ilie Cioara
  • Life is Eternal Newness – Ilie Cioara
  • The Wonderous Journey – Ilie Cioara
  • The Silence of the Mind – Ilie Cioara
  • Ways of Attending – Iain Mcgilchrist
  • Yoga In The Kashmir Tradition – Billy Doyle
  • Spiritual Discourses of Shri Atmananda – Nitya Tripta
  • Shift Into Freedom – Loch Kelly
  • Sparks – James Low
  • Simply Being – James Low
  • Living Silence – Silvia Ostertag
  • Happiness Beyond Thought: A Practical Guide to Awakening – Gary Weber
  • The Law of Attention: Nada Yoga and the Way of Inner Vigilance – Edward Salim Michael
  • Dreams of Awakening – Charlie Morley
  • The Posture of Meditation – Will Johnson
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