Zen Buddhism category: 725 books
The Lankavatara Sutra
An Epitomized Version
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
Said to contain the words of the Buddha on the nature of ultimate wisdom, the Lankavatara was influential in the general doctrines of Mahayana Buddhism, in particular Zen. Translated by D.T Suzuki and edited by Dwight Goddard, this epitomized version was intended to make the sutra more widely accessible.
Things Pertaining to Bodhi
The Thirty-seven Aids to Enlightenment
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2010
The Thirty-seven Aids to Enlightenment are a set of fundamental teachings of Buddhism in the form of a list. The list’s seeming simplicity belies the fact that it is actually a kind of road map to enlightenment for anyone who follows it with diligence and sincerity. The Thirty-seven Aids comprise...
Dharma Drum
The Life and Heart of Chan Pracice
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2006
Here is an ideal guide to the practice of Chan Buddhism by a great modern teacher. Part One presents Master Sheng Yen’s lively, anecdotal account of the history and main principles of the Chan tradition, along with his careful instructions for meditation. Part Two consists of 180 of his gemlike...
The Heart Sutra
A Comprehensive Guide to the Classic of Mahayana Buddhism
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
The Prajna Paramita Hridaya Sutra is among the best known of all the Buddhist scriptures. Chanted daily by many Zen students, it is also studied extensively in the Tibetan tradition, and it has been regarded with interest more recently in the West in various fields of study—from philosophy to quantum...
Minding the Earth, Mending the World
Zen and the Art of Planetary Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014
How Buddhism can help solve our environmental challenges: “Though her book is dense with facts, it reads like poetry or a series of koans.” —The Shambhala Sun
We know that our earth is in crisis, but is the situation beyond repair? Are we on a path of planetary disaster where the only proper...
Find the Treasure Within
Buddhism and daily life
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2014
A collection of frequent questions and answers from the Dharma talks of Seon master Daehaeng. These cover basic issues such as why life feels empty, how to become a more spiritual person, why life seems unfair, and is there such a thing as previous lives. Her answers are very down to earth, and filled...
The Third Turning of the Wheel
Wisdom of the Samdhinirmocana Sutra
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
In his previous book, Being Upright: Zen Meditation and the Bodhisattva Precepts, Reb Anderson Roshi described how we must become thoroughly grounded in conventional truth through the practice of compassion before we can receive the teachings of the ultimate truth. In The Third Turning of the Wheel,...
by Mario Poceski
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2015
The Records of Mazu and the Making of Classical Chan Literature explores the growth, makeup, and transformation of Chan (Zen) Buddhist literature in late medieval China. The volume analyzes the earliest extant records about the life, teachings, and legacy of Mazu Daoyi (709-788), the famous leader...
Zen Golf
Mastering the Mental Game
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2002
The best players know that golf is a game of confidence, and most important, concentration–the ability to focus and block out distraction. The goal of achieving clear thought is also at the heart of Buddhist teachings. In his highly original and groundbreaking book, noted PGA coach and Buddhist...
The Unfettered Mind
Writings from a Zen Master to a Master Swordsman
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
This classic samurai-era text fused Japanese swordsmanship with Zen and influenced the direction that the art has taken ever since. Written by the seventeenth-century Zen master Takuan Soho (1573–1645), The Unfettered Mind is a book of advice on swordsmanship and the cultivation of right mind and...
Buddhism
Is Buddhism a religion or a philosophy?
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
Many Buddhisms, One Dhamma-vinaya
The Buddha — the "Awakened One" — called the religion he founded Dhamma-vinaya — "the doctrine and discipline." To provide a social structure supportive of the practice of Dhamma-vinaya (or Dhamma for short [Sanskrit: Dharma]), and...
Cultivating the Empty Field
The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2000
Cultivating the Empty Field is a modern translation of the core of Chinese Ch'an master Hongzhi's Extensive Record.
First to articulate the meditation method known to contemporary Zen practitioners as shikantaza ("just sitting") Chinese Zen master Hongzhi is one of the most influential...
Keep Me in Your Heart a While
The Haunting Zen of Dainin Katagiri
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2008
"After my death I will come back and haunt over you, checking on your practice." Dainin Katagiri Roshi, one of the greatest pioneers of Zen in America, said this frequently, teasing Dosho Port and his fellow students. For Dosho, Katagiri Roshi's "haunting" still includes, to borrow a phrase from Warren...
by Stephen T. Asma
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Profound and amusing this book provides a viable approach to answering the perennial questions: Who am I? Why am I here? How can I live a meaningful life? For Asma the answers are to be found in Buddhism. There have been a lot of books that have made the case for Buddhism. What makes this book fresh...