Recommended Books

Revised March 30, 2013

The books listed below represent a small selection of some of the key texts in each category. The name(s) provided below each title designate either the primary author, editor, or translator.

Introductions
Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction Damien Keown Taking the Path of Zen ! ! Robert Aitken Everyday Zen ! ! Charlotte Joko Beck Start Where You Are ! Pema Chodron ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

The Eight Gates of Zen ! ! John Daido Loori Zen Mind, Beginners Mind ! Shunryu Suzuki

Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening! Stephen Batchelor The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Thich Nhat Hanh Buddhism For Beginners ! Thubten Chodron ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

The Buddha and His Teachings ! ! Sherab Chdzin Kohn and Samuel Bercholz The Spirit of the Buddha ! Martine Batchelor ! !

Meditation and Zen Practice

Mindfulness in Plain English! ! Bhante Henepola Gunaratana ! ! ! !

The Four Foundations of Mindfulness in Plain English ! ! Bhante Henepola Gunaratana Change Your Mind: A Practical Guide to Buddhist Meditation ! Paramananda Making Space: Creating a Home Meditation Practice ! Thich Nhat Hanh The Heart of Buddhist Meditation ! Thera Nyanaponika Meditation for Beginners ! Jack Korneld ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

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Being Nobody, Going Nowhere: Meditations on the Buddhist Path ! Ayya Khema

The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation Thich Nhat Hanh Zen Meditation in Plain English ! ! ! John Daishin Buksbazen and Peter Matthiessen Beyond Thinking: A Guide to Zen Meditation ! Eihei Dogen On Zen Practice: Body, Breath, and Mind Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life Jon Kabat-Zinn How to Train a Wild Elephant " " Jan Chozen Bays " " " " " ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Breathing through the Whole Body: The Buddha's Instructions on Integrating Mind, Body, and Breath ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Will Johnson Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism" Chogyam Trungpa " " " "

Encouraging Words: Zen Buddhist Teachings for Western Students ! Robert Aitken

Life of the Buddha

Buddha! ! Karen Armstrong ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! "

Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha " Thich Nhat Hanh Path of Compassion: Stories from the Buddha's Life ! Thich Nhat Hanh The Buddha: A Very Short Introduction " Michael Carrithers " " ! " ! "

Walking the Buddhist Path

The Heart of Being!! John Daido Loori ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! "

For a Future to Be Possible: Buddhist Ethics for Everyday Life "" Thich Nhat Hanh Being Upright ! Reb Anderson ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Friends on the Path: Living Spiritual Communities ! Thich Nhat Hanh

Stepping into Freedom: An Introduction to Buddhist (Monastic) Training " Thich Nhat Hanh The Heart Is Noble: Changing the World from the Inside Out ! The Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje The Mind of Clover: Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics ! Robert Aitkin Being Good: Buddhist Ethics for Everyday Life " Venerable Master Hsing Yun " ! " ! ! "

Chanting from the Heart: Buddhist Ceremonies and Daily Practices Thich Nhat Hanh Living by Vow: A Practical Introduction to Eight Essential Zen Chants and Texts Shohaku Okumura
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The Six Perfections: Buddhism and the Cultivation of Character ! Dale Wright Taking Our Places: The Buddhist Path to Truly Growing Up" Norman Fischer "

Buddhist Pali Canon (Entry Level Studies)

In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon Bhikkhu Bodhi and The Dalai Lama The Dhammapada !! Eknath Easwaran ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Turning the Wheel of Truth: Commentary on the Buddha's First Teaching Ajahn Sucitto First Buddhist Women: Poems and Stories of Awakening ! Susan Murcott !

Great Disciples of the Buddha: Their Lives, Their Works, Their Legacy! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Nyanaponika Thera and Hellmuth Hecker

Buddhist Pali Canon (Advanced Scriptural Studies)

The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha: Anguttara Nikaya ! Bhikkhu Bodhi The Long Discourses of the Buddha: Digha Nikaya ! Maurice Walshe ! ! !

The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: Majjhima Nikaya ! Bhikkhu Nanamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi The Connected Discourses of the Buddha: Samyutta Nikaya ! ! Bhikkhu Bodhi A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma ! ! Bhikkhu Bodhi ! ! !

Collegiate Level Textbooks

The Experience of Buddhism: Sources and Interpretations ! John S. Strong ! !

An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices ! Peter Harvey ! Buddhist Religions: A Historical Introduction ! Richard H. Robinson ! ! " ! ! " !

Introducing the Buddhist Experience Second Edition " Donald W. Mitchell Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations !! Paul Williams

Reference
The Shambhala Dictionary of Buddhism and Zen Encyclopedia of Buddhism ! ! ! Damien Keown and Charles S. Prebish The Buddhist World ! John Powers ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

A Dictionary of Buddhism ! Damien Keown

A Concise Encyclopedia of Buddhism ! John Powers

Faces of Compassion: Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their Modern Expression - An Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism ! ! ! ! Taigen Dan Leighton Buddhist Sutras: Origin, Development, Transmission" Kogen Mizuno " "

The Social Organization of Zen Practice: Constructing Transcultural Reality David L. Preston

Mahayana Sutras and Literature

The Lotus Sutra! ! Burton Watson ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

The Sutra of Hui-Neng: Grand Master of Zen ! Thomas Cleary

The Diamond Sutra: Transforming the Way We Perceive the World! Mu Soeng
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The Diamond That Cuts Through Illusion ! Thich Nhat Hanh

Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi Taigen Dan Leighton The Way of the Bodhisattva ! Shantideva ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings ! Paul Reps and Nyogen Senzaki The Sayings of Layman Pang: A Zen Classic of China ! ! James Green The Zen Teachings of Bodhidharma ! ! Red Pine ! ! ! ! ! ! !

The Lankavatara Sutra: Translation and Commentary ! Red Pine The Vimalakirti Sutra " " " " (Burton Watson) OR (Robert Thurman) "

The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of The Avatamsaka Sutra Thomas Cleary The Heart of Understanding: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra Thich Nhat Hanh The Heart of the Universe: Exploring the Heart Sutra ! Mu Soeng ! ! ! !

There Is No Suffering: A Commentary on the Heart Sutra ! Sheng Yen

Awakening of the Heart: Essential Buddhist Sutras and Commentary !! Thich Nhat Hanh Hsin-Hsin Ming: Verses on the Faith-Mind ! ! Richard B. Clark ! ! ! ,

Treasury of the True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen's Shobo Genzo ! ! Eihei Dogen The Shurangama Sutra: Sutra Text and Supplements ! Hsuan Hua ! ! !

Korean Buddhism
A Buddha from Korea: Zen Teachings of Taego! Thomas Cleary The Zen Monastic Experience! ! Robert Buswell The Compass of Zen! Seung Sahn ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Wonhyo's Philosophy of Mind !! A. Charles Muller Dropping Ashes on the Buddha ! Zen Master Seung Sahn

Wanting Enlightenment Is a Big Mistake ! Seung Sahn and Hyon Gak Sunim

The Mirror of Zen: The Classic Guide to Buddhist Practice by Zen Master So Sahn Boep Joeng No River to Cross: Trusting the Enlightenment That's Always Right Here ! Zen Master Daehaeng Currents and Countercurrents: Korean Inuences on the East Asian Buddhist Traditions ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Robert E. Buswell The Way of Korean Zen " " Kusan Sunim " " " " " " " " " " " " ! " " " "

Don't-Know Mind: The Spirit of Korean Zen "" Richard Shrobe Thousand Peaks " " Mu Seong " " " "

Tracing Back the Radiance: Chinul's Korean Way of Zen!! Robert Buswell Makers of Modern Korean Buddhism "" Jin Y. Park Sermon of One Hundred Days" " Venerable Seongcheol " " " " " " "

Philosophy and Theology (Advanced Studies)

What the Buddha Taught ! Walpola Rahula Basic Buddhist Concepts ! Kogen Mizuno ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Buddhist Philosophy: Essential Readings ! ! William Edelglass and Jay Gareld An Introduction to Zen Buddhism! D.T. Suzuki ! !

Essential Buddhism: A Complete Guide to Beliefs and Practices ! Jack Maguire Philosophical Meditations on Zen Buddhism " Dale S. Wright Zen Philosophy, Zen Practice ! ! Thich Thien-An ! ! ! ! " ! ! ! " " ! ! ! " " ! ! ! " " !

Toward a Philosophy of Zen Buddhism ! Toshihiko Izutsu A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy ! Steven M. Emmanuel

Classics of Buddhism and Zen: Volumes 1-5 " Thomas Cleary

Ethics
The Great Compassion: Buddhism and Animal Rights! ! Norm Phelps ! !

To Cherish All Life: A Buddhist Case for Becoming Vegetarian! ! Philip Kapleau Food of Bodhisattvas: Buddhist Teachings on Abstaining from Meat" Shabkar Buddhist Ethics: A Very Short Introduction " " Damien Keown Ethics for the New Millennium " " Dalai Lama " " " " " " " " "

Destroying Mara Forever: Buddhist Ethics Essays In Honor Of Damien Keown John Powers and Charles S. Prebish Buddhism and Bioethics " Damien Keown Buddhism and Abortion ! ! Damien Keown " ! " ! " ! " ! " ! " !

An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics: Foundations, Values and Issues " " Peter Harvey The Nature of Buddhist Ethics " " Damien Keown Contemporary Buddhist Ethics " Damien Keown " " " " " " " " " "

Sustainability and Consumption

Bicycles and Buddhists: Encounters with a Sustainable Living Community Roberta Palmer Mindfulness in the Marketplace: Compassionate Responses to Consumerism Allan Hunt Badiner The Wisdom of Sustainability: Buddhist Economics for the 21st Century ! Sulak Sivaraksa Hooked!: Buddhist Writings on Greed, Desire, and the Urge to Consume Stephanie Kaza

Environmental Consciousness
Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism! ! Kenneth Kraft !

Mindfully Green: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Stephanie Kaza Dharma Gaia: A Harvest of Essays in Buddhism and Ecology! ! Allan Hunt Badiner The Attentive Heart: Conversations with Trees! Stephanie Kaza ! ! ! !

The World We Have: A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology! Thich Nhat Hanh Teachings of the Earth: Zen and the Environment! ! John Daido Loori Love Letter to the Earth ! ! Thich Nhat Hanh ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

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Buddhism and Ecology: The Interconnection of Dharma and Deeds " ! Mary Evelyn Tucker World as Lover, World as Self: Courage for Global Justice and Ecological Renewal ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Joanna Macy

Sexuality and Gender

The Red Thread: Buddhist Approaches to Sexuality ! Bernard Faure The Power of Denial: Buddhism, Purity, and Gender ! Bernard Faure ! ! ! !

Buddhism After Patriarchy: A Feminist History, Analysis, and Reconstruction of Buddhism " ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Rita M. Gross Shoes Outside the Door: Desire, Devotion, and Excess at San Francisco Zen Center Michael Downing Meeting The Great Bliss Queen: Buddhists, Feminists, And The Art Of The Self Anne Carolyn Klein Queer Dharma: Voices of Gay Buddhists Vol. 1 & 2 " Winston Leyland ! !

A Bull of a Man: Images of Masculinity, Sex, and the Body in Indian Buddhism John Powers Buddhism, Sexuality, and Gender ! Jose Ignacio Cabezon ! ! ! ! ! !

The Narrow Way: A Memoir Of Coming Out, Getting Clean and Finding Buddha Chris Lemig

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Women in Buddhism
Women in Korean Zen: Lives and Practices !! Martine Batchelor ! ! !

Buddhist Women on the Edge: Contemporary Perspectives from the Western Frontier ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Marianne Dresser Turning The Wheel: American Women Creating the New Buddhism Sandy Boucher Women's Buddhism, Buddhism's Women -- Tradition, Revision, Renewal Ellison Banks Findly Meetings with Remarkable Women: Buddhist Teachers in America Lenore Friedman Women Living Zen: Japanese Soto Buddhist Nuns ! Paula Kane Robinson Arai ! ! !

Women of the Way: Discovering 2,500 Years of Buddhist Wisdom ! Sallie Tisdale Buddhism Through American Women's Eyes ! Karma Lekshe Tsomo ! ! !

Women Under Primitive Buddhism: Laywomen and Almswomen ! I. B. Horner Zen Women: Beyond Tea Ladies, Iron Maidens, and Macho Masters Grace Schireson and Miriam Levering

Ties That Bind: Maternal Imagery and Discourse in Indian Buddhism !! Reiko Ohnuma A Gathering of Spirit: Women Teaching in American Buddhism ! Ellen S. Sidor Daughters of Emptiness: Poems of Chinese Buddhist Nuns ! Beata Grant ! ! !

Women in Buddhism: Images of the Feminine in the Mahayana Tradition ! Diana Y. Paul Korean Buddhist Nuns and Laywomen: Hidden Histories, Enduring Vitality Cho Eun-Su

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Right View, Right Life: Insights of a Woman Buddhist Priest ! Jiko Kohno Blossoms of the Dharma: Living as a Buddhist Nun" Thubten Chodron Buddhist Women Across Cultures" Karma Lekshe Tsomo " " " " "

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African American Voices

Meeting Faith: The Forest Journals of a Black Buddhist Nun ! Faith Adiele ! !

Dreaming Me: Black, Baptist, and Buddhist - One Woman's Spiritual Journey Jan Willis Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace !! Angel Kyodo Williams Turning the Wheel: Essays on Buddhism and Writing ! Charles Johnson ! !

Dharma, Color, and Culture: New Voices in Western Buddhism !! Hilda Gutierez Baldoquin

Comparative Buddhism
Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as BrothersandLiving Buddha, Living Christ Thich Nhat Hanh Jesus and Buddha: The Parallel Sayings! Marcus Borg ! ! ! ! ! ! ! " ! !

Without Buddha I Could Not Be a Christian ! ! Paul F. Knitter

Opening to You: Zen-Inspired Translations of the Psalms" Norman Fischer The Jew in the Lotus ! Rodger Kamenetz ! ! ! ! ! !

That's Funny, You Don't Look Buddhist: On Being a Faithful Jew and a Passionate Buddhist ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Sylvia Boorstein

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Jewish Dharma: A Guide to the Practice of Judaism and Zen ! ! Brenda Shoshanna The Ground We Share: Everyday Practice, Buddhist and Christian ! Robert Aitken Unexpected Way: On Converting from Buddhism to Catholicism ! Paul Williams Benedict's Dharma ! Patrick Henry ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Wrestling with the Ox: A Theology of Religious Experience ! Paul O. Ingram The Process of Buddhist-Christian Dialogue ! Paul O. Ingram ! !

The Good Heart: A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus " " Dalai Lama Beside Still Waters: Jews, Christians, and the Way of the Buddha " Harold Kasimow

Science and Buddhism

Buddhism and Science: Breaking New Ground! B. Alan Wallace ! ! !

Contemplative Science: Where Buddhism and Neuroscience Converge ! B. Alan Wallace Buddhism and Science: A Guide for the Perplexed ! Donald S. Lopez Jr. ! !

The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality Dalai Lama Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom Rick Hanson The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized ! ! Owen Flanagan ! !

The Quantum and the Lotus: A Journey to the Frontiers where Science and Buddhism Meet! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Matthieu Ricard and Trinh Xuan Thuan

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Zen and the Brain: Toward and Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! James Austin, M.D.

Engaged Buddhism
Engaged Buddhism in the West ! Christopher S. Queen ! ! ! ! ! " " "

Bearing Witness: A Zen Master's Lessons in Making Peace " Bernie Glassman Street Zen: The Life and Work of Issan Dorsey " David Schneider " "

Mindful Politics: A Buddhist Guide to Making the World a Better Place Melvin McLeod Not Turning Away: The Practice of Engaged Buddhism ! ! Susan Moon Socially Engaged Buddhism ! Sallie B. King ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Being Benevolence: Social Ethics of Engaged Buddhism ! Sallie B. King

The Engaged Spiritual Life: A Buddhist Approach to Transforming Ourselves and the World ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Donald Rothberg The Bodhisattva's Embrace: Dispatches from Engaged's Buddhism's Front Lines Alan Senauke The New Social Face of Buddhism: A Call to Action " Ken Jones The Great Awakening: A Buddhist Social Theory " " David Loy Good Citizens: Creating Enlightened Society ! Thich Nhat Hanh One City: A Declaration of Interdependence !! Ethan Nichtern ! ! " " ! ! " " ! ! " " !

Altars in the Street: A Courageous Memoir of Community and Spiritual Awakening Melody Chavis
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Buddhist Exploration of Peace And Justice "" Chanju Mun Buddhism And Peace: Theory And Practice !! Chanju Mun

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Buddhist Peacework -- Creating Cultures of Peace!! David W. Chappell

Health, Cooking, and Mindful Eating

The Zen of Eating !! R. Kabatznick ! ! ! ! ! ! !

If the Buddha Came to Dinner: How to Nourish Your Body to Awaken Your Spirit Hal Soa Schatz Mindful Eating: A Guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Jan Chozen Bays The Zen Monastery Cookbook: Stories and Recipes from a Zen Kitchen ! Cheri Huber Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life ! Thich Nhat Hanh ! ! ! ! ! !

The Cosmos in a Carrot: A Zen Guide to Eating Well ! Carmen Yuen

The Enlightened Kitchen: Fresh Vegetable Dishes from the Temples of Japan Mari Fujii Veggiyana: The Dharma of Cooking: With 108 Deliciously Easy Vegetarian Recipes ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Sandra Garson The Complete Tassajara Cookbook: Recipes, Techniques, and Reections from the Famed Zen Kitchen ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Edward Espe Brown In Buddha's Kitchen: Cooking, Being Cooked, and Other Adventures in a Meditation Center !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Kimberley Snow 3 Bowls : Vegetarian Recipes from an American Zen Buddhist Monastery Nancy O'Hara

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Suffering, Illness, and Dying

Hidden Spring: A Buddhist Woman Confronts Cancer! Sandy Boucher ! !

Storms Can't Hurt the Sky: A Buddhist Path Through Divorce ! ! Gabriel Cohen Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Jon Kabat-Zinn Murder As A Call to Love: A True Story of Transformation and Forgiveness ! Judith Toy When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difcult Times !! Pema Chodron !

Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Joan Halifax Grieving Mindfully: A Compassionate and Spiritual Guide to Coping with Loss Sameet M. Kumar Wheel of Life and Death: A Practical and Spiritual Guide !! Roshi Philip Kapleau How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Toni Bernhard Making Friends with Death: A Buddhist Guide to Encountering Mortality " Judith L. Lief Dying with Condence: A Tibetan Buddhist Guide to Preparing for Death" Anyen Rinpoche No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom for Life " " Thich Nhat Hanh " " ! "

A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as If It Were Your Last ! Stephen Levine

Recovery
One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps ! ! Kevin Edward Grifn
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The 12-Step Buddhist: Enhance Recovery from Any Addiction ! ! Darren Littlejohn Mindfulness and the 12 Steps: Living Recovery in the Present Moment ! Therese Jacobs-Stewart A Burning Desire: Dharma God and the Path of Recovery ! Kevin Grifn ! !

Ordinary Recovery: Mindfulness, Addiction, and the Path of Lifelong Sobriety William Alexander and Kevin Grifn The Zen of Recovery" Mel Ash " " " " " " ! " " ! " " !

12 Steps on Buddha's Path: Bill, Buddha, and We !! Laura S. Let Go: A Buddhist Guide to Breaking Free of Habits " Martine Batchelor

Incarceration
Sitting Inside: Buddhist Practice in America's Prisons ! ! Kobai Scott Whitney ! !

That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography of an Innocent Man on Death Row Jarvis Jay Masters Razor-Wire Dharma: A Buddhist Life in Prison ! Calvin Malone ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Dharma in Hell: The Prison Writings of Fleet Maull ! Fleet Maull

Freedom in Bondage: The Life and Teachings of Adeu Rinpoche ! Adeu Rinpoche The Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk ! Palden Gyatso ! ! ! !

Buddhism in the West

Buddhism in America, Revised and Expanded ! Richard Hughes Seager Wild Geese: Buddhism in Canada ! J. Harding, V. Hori, and A. Soucy ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

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How the Swans Came to the Lake: A Narrative History of Buddhism in America Rick Fields The Faces of Buddhism in America ! ! Charles S. Prebish and Kenneth K. Tanaka ! ! ! !

Luminous Passage: The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America !! Charles S. Prebish Being Buddhist in a Christian World: Gender and Community in a Korean American Temple " " " " " " " " " Sharon A. Suh American Buddhism: Methods and Findings in Recent Scholarship Christopher Queen Zen and Western Thought " Masao Abe " " " " " " "

Dixie Dharma: Inside a Buddhist Temple in the American South " Jeff Wilson Silence and Noise: Growing Up Zen in America " Ivan Richmond Westward Dharma: Buddhism beyond Asia "" Charles S. Prebish " " " " " "

The New Buddhism: The Western Transformation of an Ancient Tradition " James William Coleman

Parenting
Planting Seeds: Practicing Mindfulness with Children ! Thich Nhat Hanh ! ! !

Buddhism for Mothers of Young Children: Becoming a Mindful Parent ! Sarah Napthali Buddhism for Mothers of Schoolchildren: Finding Calm in the Chaos of the School Years ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Sarah Napthali Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood ! ! Karen Maezen Miller ! ! "

Dharma Family Treasures : Sharing Buddhism With Children " " Sandy Eastoak
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Buddha at Bedtime: Tales of Love and Wisdom for You to Read with Your Child to Enchant, Enlighten and Inspire ! ! ! ! ! Dharmachari Nagaraja

For Teens
Wide Awake: A Buddhist Guide for Teens ! ! Diana Winston ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Buddha in Your Backpack: Everyday Buddhism for Teens ! Franz Metcalf and Monk Song Yonk Blue Jean Buddha : Voices of Young Buddhists ! Sumi Loundon and Jack Korneld ! !

The Buddha's Apprentices: More Voices of Young Buddhists ! ! Sumi Loundon and Sharon Salzberg

Creativity
The Zen of Creativity: Cultivating Your Artistic Life ! John Daido Loori ! ! !

Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists Kay Larson Zen Seeing, Zen Drawing: Meditation in Action " Frederick Franck Art As a Way: A Return to the Spiritual Roots ! Frederick Franck True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art! Chogyam Trungpa ! " ! ! " ! ! ! " ! ! !

Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within! Natalie Goldberg

Biographies
At Hells Gate: A Soldiers Journey from War to Peace! Claude Anshin Thomas Divine Stories: Divyavadana " Andy Rotman " " " " ! " "

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Footprints in the Snow: The Autobiography of a Chinese Buddhist Monk by Master Sheng Yen Wild Ivy: The Spiritual Autobiography of Zen Master Hakuin ! Hakuin Ekaku Cave in the Snow: Tenzin Palmo's Quest for Enlightenment ! Vicki Mackenzie ! !

Pure Heart, Enlightened Mind: The Life and Letters of an Irish Zen Saint ! Maura O'Halloran First You Shave Your Head ! Geri Larkin ! ! ! ! ! ! !

One Hundred Days of Solitude: Losing Myself and Finding Grace on a Zen Retreat Jane Dobisz The White Buddhist: The Asian Odyssey of Henry Steel Olcott ! Stephen Prothero Walking the Tiger's Path: A Soldier's Spiritual Journey in Iraq ! ! Paul M. Kendel The Sutras of Abu Ghraib: Notes from a Conscientious Objector in Iraq Aiden Delgado The Novice: Why I Became a Buddhist Monk, Why I Quit, and What I Learned Stephen Schettini Lives Lived, Lives Imagined: Biography in the Buddhist Traditions" Linda Covill An American Buddhist Life: Memoirs of a Modern Dharma Pioneer ! Charles S. Prebish The Heavenly Exploits: Buddhist Biographies from the Divyavadana ! Joel Tatelman Eat Sleep Sit: My Year at Japan's Most Rigorous Zen Temple ! ! Kaoru Nonomura Keep Me in Your Heart a While: The Haunting Zen of Dainin Katagiri ! ! Dosho Mike Port If You're Lucky, Your Heart Will Break: Field Notes from a Zen Life ! James Ishmael Ford !

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Masao Abe: A Zen Life of Dialogue ! Donald W. Mitchell

Challenges: The Life and Teachings of Venerable Master Cheng Yen ! ! Gary Ho Novice to Master: An Ongoing Lesson in the Extent of My Own Stupidity Soko Morinaga Holding the Lotus to the Rock: The Autobiography of Sokei-an, America's First Zen Master ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Michael Hotz

Work and Daily Life

Awake at Work: 35 Practical Buddhist Principles for Discovering Clarity and Balance in the Midst of Work's Chaos... ! ! ! ! ! Michael Carroll Being Buddha at Work: 108 Ancient Truths on Change, Stress, Money, and Success" " " " " " " " " " B J Gallagher Work: How to Find Joy and Meaning in Each Hour of the Day ! ! Thich Nhat Hanh The Art of Happiness at Work ! ! Dalai Lama ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Mindfulness and Meaningful Work: Explorations in Right Livelihood " Claude Whitmyer and Ernest Callenbach Work, Sex, Money: Real Life on the Path of Mindfulness " " Chogyam Trungpa "

Fearless at Work: Timeless Teachings for Awakening Condence, Resilience, and Creativity in the Face of Life's... ! ! ! ! ! ! Michael Carroll Money, Sex, War, Karma: Notes for a Buddhist Revolution ! David R. Loy ! !

Work as a Spiritual Practice: A Practical Buddhist Approach to Inner Growth and Satisfaction on the Job ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Lewis Richmond

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