Recommended Reading

The founder of Zen, Bodhidharma, said that Zen does not rely on words and letters. However, most western Buddhist practitioners are not familiar with the historical, philosophical and psychological underpinnings of the tradition, so Buddhist Study is critical to establishing a sound religious practice. Though words are not the same as the reality they describe, when used skillfully, they can act as a medium for direct realization. These titles come from the Mountains & Rivers Order's Recommended Reading List.
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  • The Heart of Being: Moral and Ethical Teachings of Zen Buddhism
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  • How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment
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  • Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism
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  • Hua-yen Buddhism: The Jewel Net of Indra
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  • Returning to Silence: Zen Practice in Everyday Life
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  • Faith in Mind: A Commentary on Seng Ts'an's Classic
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  • Only Don't Know: Selected Teaching Letters of Zen Master Seung Sahn
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  • The Lankavatara Sutra (Red Pine, trans.)
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  • The Roaring Stream: A New Zen Reader
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  • The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Book of Natural Liberation Through Understanding in the Between
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  • The Zen Teachings of Huang Po
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  • Tracing Back the Radiance: Chinul's Korean Way of Zen
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  • Transmission of Light: Zen in the Art of Enlightenment by Zen Master Keizan
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  • The Northern School and the Formation of Early Ch'an Buddhism
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  • Women of the Way
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