Andhazahi

Jothi Raji, Vaitheeswaran Chockalingam, Gajiniganth Gulam

Dhasthagir, Arun Kumar, Narashiman Sankariah, Mohamed
Kasim, Navin Zelva, Mahendran Ameeragam, David J Praveen,
Karthik Dilli, Surendar Lohia, Aravind Sankar, Keetru Nand-
han, Rameez Raja, Arun Kumar, Haja Syed Abdulkahder, Sar-
avanan, Zahir Ibn Jaffarullah, Ansari Mohamed
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 Reference Books

Ancient Scriptures

1. Zen Teaching Of Bodhidharma by Red Pine

2. The Way Of Chuang Tzu by Thomas Merton

History of Zen

1. The Bodhidharma Anthology: The Earliest Records of Zen

by Jeffrey L. Broughton
2. The Budddhist Religion: A Historical Introduction
3. The Way of Zen by Alan Watts
4. Zen Masters edited by Steven Heine & Dale S. Wright
5. How Zen Became Zen The Dispute over Enlightenment and
the Formation of Chan Buddhism in Song-Dynasty China
by Morten Schlutter

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Koan Books

1. The Blue Cliff Record translaed by Thomas Cleary & J.C.

Cleary
2. Dogens Extensive Record: A Translation Of The Eihei
Koroku
3. First Dogen Book: Selected Essays From Dogen Zenjis
Shobogenzo translated by Bob Myers
4. Mumonkan: Gateless Gate
5. Shobogenzo The True Dharma-Eye Treasury Vol.1
6. The Book Of Serenity
7. The True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogens Three Thun-
dred Koans
8. The Koan: Texts and Contexts In Zen Buddhism

Ritual

Zen Ritual: Studies Of Zen Buddhist Theory In Practice

Zen Stories

1. Zen Flesh Zen Bones compiled by Paul Reps

2. 101 Zen Stories
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Understanding Zen

1. Buddhism Is Not What You Think by Steve Hagen

2. Everyday Zen by Charlotte Joko Beck
3. Instant Zen: Waking Up In The Present translated by Thom-
as Cleary
4. The Essential Teachings Of Zen Master Hakuin translated
by Norman Waddell
5. The Three Pillars Of Zen: Teaching Practice Enlightenment
6. Zen and the Art of Makin a Living by Laurence G. Boldt
7. Zen Mind, Beginners Mind by Shunryu Suzuki

Chinese Philosophy

A Short History Of Chinese Philosophy by Fung Yu-Lan

Chinese History

Ancient Chinese Dynasties by Cindy Jenson-Elliott

1421 The Year China Discovered The World by Gavin Men-

zies

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