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Robert Aitken Roshi's
Buddhist Titles In Paper Covers
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Robert Aitken Roshi's short list from his 1982 book Taking the Path of Zen. Several books are out-of-print. Be on the look out for them when you browse used bookstores. Their links will take you to amazon.com's service for locating out-of-print books. ISBN and other information make the out-of-print pages useful even if you do not plan to use their locator service.
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First Books
- Buksbazen, John Daishin. To Forget the Self. Los Angeles: Center Publications, 1977. The teachings of Maezumi Hakuyu Roshi for beginners. out of print
- Gard, Richard A. Buddhism. New York: Braziller, 1962. Not for reading and not a paperback. Valuable for reference. out of print
- Kapleau, Philip, ed. The Three Pillars of Zen. Boston: Beacon Press, 1980. Introduction to the Zen of Yasutani Hakuun Roshi.
- Reps Paul, ed. Zen Flesh, Zen Bones. New York: Doubleday, 1957. Includes "101 Zen Stories" by Nyogen Senzaki.
Audio cassette. Peter Coyote Narrator 
- [Sasaki, Shigetsu]. Cat's Yawn. New York: First Zen Institute, 1947. Bound issues of the first American Zen journal.
- Sato, Giei, and Nishimura, Eshin. Unsui: A Diary of Monastic Life.Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1973. Endearing illustrations.
- Suzuki, Shunryu. Zen Mind Beginner's Mind. New York: Weatherhill, 1970. Talks for beginners and old-timers.
Audio cassette. Peter Coyote Narrator
- Watts, Alan. The Spirit of Zen. New York: Grove Press, 1958. D. T. Suzuki for the masses.
Audio cassette. Peter Coyote Narrator
Boxed edition: The Three Pillars of Zen - Instant Zen -
Zen Mind Beginner's Mind
Audio cassette. Peter Coyote Narrator
Commentaries, Essays,
and Translations by Contemporary Teachers
- Aitken, Robert. A Zen Wave: Basho's Haiku and Zen. New York: Weatherhill, 1979.
Hasegawa, Seikan. The Cave of Poison Grass. Arlington, Va.: Great Ocean Publishing Co., 1975. A commentary on the Heart Sutrainsightful but poorly edited. paperback - out of print
- Leggert, Trevor. A First Zen Reader. Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle, 1960. An early anthology of essays and talks.
- Leggert, Trevor. Tiger's Cave. Boston: Routledge & Kegan, 1977. A commentary on the HeartSatra, etc., by Obora Rflsh i, another-wise unidentified 56t8 teacher.
- Maezumi, Hakuyu, and Glassman, Tetsugen, ed. On Zen Practice. Los Angeles: Center Publications, 1976. Essays, translations, and commentaries. out of print
- Maezumi, Hakuyu, and Glassman, Tetsugen, ed. The Foundations of Practice. Los Angeles: Center Publications, 1976.
- Maezumi, Hakuyu, and Glassman, Tetsugen, ed. Hazy Moon of Enlightenment. Los Angeles: Center Publications, 1978. out of print
- Mitchell, Stephen, ed. Dropping Ashes on the Buddha. New York: Grove Press, 1976. Talks and letters of the Korean teacher Seung Sahn.
- Nancy Wilson. The World of Zen. New York: Random House, 1960. Another early anthology.
- Sensaki, Nyogen, et al. Namu Diabosa: A Transmission of Zen to America. New York: Theatre Arts, 1976. Essays, letters, poems, and talks by Senzaki, Eido Shimano, and Soen Nakagawa.
- Shibayama, Zenkei. A Flower Does Not Talk. Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle, 1970. A commentary on Hakuin Zenji's "Song of Zazen"; and other pieces. publisher out of stock
- Shimano, Eido, ed. Like a Dream, Like a Fantasy: The Zen Writings of Nyogen Senzaki. New York: Japan Publications, 1978.
Dogen Zenji
- Cleary, Thomas. Records of Things Heard from the Eye of the True Teaching: A Translation of the Shobogenzo Zuimonki. Boulder: Great Eastern, 1980. An anthology of Dagen's short talks and sayings.
- Cook, Francis. How to Raise an Ox. Los Angeles: Center Publications, 1978. Ten practice oriented chapters of the Shahagenzo by Dogen Zenji.
- Kim, Hee-Jin. Dogen Kigen: Mystical Realist. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1975. Cogent scholarship.
- Maezumi, Taizan Hakuyu. The Way of Everyday Life. Los Angeles: Center Publications, 1978. Dogen Zenji's Genjo Koan with commentary. out of print
- Yokoi, Yuho, and Brian Victoria. Zen Master Dogen: An Introduction with Selected Writings. New York: Weatherhill, 1976. Generally does not duplicate Cook's work. out of print
Koan Study and Koan Collections
Including Commentaries
- Cleary, Thomas, and Cleary, J. C. The Blue Cliff Record. Boulder: Shambhala, 1977. The Pi Yen Lu (Biyanlu; Hekiganroku) with Sung period comments.
- Cleary, Thomas. The Book of Serenity. To be published by Shambhala. A translation of the Ts'ung Jung Lu (Congronglu; Shoyoroku). soon to be released
- Hoffman, Yoel. Every End Exposed: The 100 Perfrct Koans of Master Kido. Brookline, Mass.: Autumn Press, 1977. With comments by Hakuin Zenji. Professor Hoffman's own comments are of doubtful value.
- Miura, Isshu, and Sasaki, Ruth. The Zen Koan. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1966. This is Zen Dust, as published by Harcourt Brace, without the extensive notes of that more expensive book.
- Sekida, Katsuki. Two Zen Classics: Mumonkan and Hekiganroku. New York: Weatherhill, 1977. The Wu Min Kuan (Wumenguan) and the Pi Yen Lu (Biyanlu). Useful as a reference for the translations.
- Shibayama, Zenkei. Zen Comments on the Mumonkan. New York: Mentor, 1975. The first commentary written for Western students on the Wu Min Kuan. out of print
- Yamada, Koun. Gateless Gate: A Definitive Translation of the Mumonkan. Los Angeles: Center Publications, 1980. Teisho for Westerners by a modern teacher on the Wu Min Kuan.
Translations of Talks. Essays. Poems Letters
and Sayings of Chinese and Japanese Teachers
(See D. T. Suzuki, Manual of Zen Buddhism, below.)
- Blofield, John. The Zen Teaching Hui Hai. New York: Weiser, 1972. Talks by a T'ang period teacher.
- Blofield, John. Zen Teaching of Huang Po: On the Transmission ofMind.New York: Grove Press, 1959. Talks by aT'ang period teacher.
Shambhala Pocket Classics
- Cleary, Christopher. Swampland Flowers: The Letters and Lectures. of Ta Hui. New York: Grove Press, 1977. Teachings of a Sung period teacher. out of print
- Cleary, Thomas. The Original Face: An Anthology of Rinzai Zen. New York: Grove Press, 1978. Talks by Japanese teachers. out of print
- Cleary, Thomas. Sayings and Doings of Pai-chang. Los Angeles: Center Publications, 1979.out of print
- Cleary, Thomas. Timeless Spring: A Soto Zen Anthology. New York: Weather-hill, 1980.out of print
- Hoffman, Yoel. Chinese Radical Zen: The Sayings Joshu. Brookline, Mass.: Autumn Press, 1978. A useful reference, despite the rough translation and dubious comments.
- Sasaki, Ruth, et al. A Man of Zen: The Recorded Sayings of Layman P'ang. New York: Weatherhill, 1976. Stories of the best known Chinese lay Zen student.
- Shigematsu, Soiku. A Zen Forest: Sayings of the Masters. New York: Weatherhill, 1981, An anthology of Zen quotations with the Chinese text.
- Wong, Mou-lam. The Sutra of Hui-neng. Boulder: Shambhala, 1969. Published with The Diamond Sutra (below). Outdated but useful.
- Yampolsky, Philip B. The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch. New York: Columbia, 1967. The accepted translation with Chinese text of Hui-neng's teachings.
Sutras
(See D. T. Suzuki, Manual Of Zen Buddhism, below)
- Chang, Garma C. C. The Buddhist Teaching of Totality: The philosophy of Hwa Yen Buddhism. University Park, Penn.: 1971. A commentary on the Hua-yen Sutra.
- Price, A. F. The Diamond Sutra. Published with The Sutra of Hui-neng (above). Boulder: Shambhala, 1969. Outdated, but uselul.
D. T. Suzuki
- Barrett, William, ed. Selected Writings of D. T. Suzuki. New York: Doubleday, 1956.
- Suzuki, D. T. Essays in Zen Buddhism, First Series. New York: Grove Press, 1961.
- Suzuki, D. T. Essays in Zen Buddhism. Second Series. New York: Weiser, 1970. out of print
- Suzuki, D. T. Essays in Zen Buddhism. Third Series. New York: Weiser, 1970.
- Suzuki, D. T. Manual of Zen Buddhism. New York: Grove Press, 1960. Outdated, but useful translations of the principal texts of Zen Buddhism, including the Heart Sutra and the DiamondSutra.
- Suzuki, D. T. Living by Zen. New York: Weiser, 1972. includes references to Christianity from a Zen viewpoint.
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