Zen Philosophy Books


The Wholehearted Way Best Price: $11.25 This is a book on Dogen's Bendowa. Commentary by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi. Translated by Shohaku...	Toward a Philosophy of Zen Buddhism Best Price: $16.06 An extremely well written and well organized explanation in Western terms of the processes of...	The Bodhidharma Anthology: The Earliest Records of Zen (Philip E. Lilienthal Book) Best Price: $17.76 This scholarly work on the teachings of Bodhidharma sets a new standard. Not only does Broughton...	The Zen of Organizing Best Price: $8.76 I have been so excited about Regina Leeds books. The first one I read was "The Zen of...	Fragrant Palm Leaves: Journals, 1962-1966 Best Price: $6.25 It would be easy to assume that Fragrant Palm Leaves is what it says it is---Thich Nhat Hanh's...



The Zen of Living and Dying: A Practical and Spiritual Guide Best Price: $10.60 I did not pick this book up and decided to read it. The book drew me to it when I most needed...	Eihei Dogen: Mystical Realist, Revised, Third Edition Best Price: $11.97 If I had to choose between Hee-Jin Kim's Eihei Dogen: Mystical Realist and all the other books...	Cave of Tigers: The Living Zen Practice of Dharma Combat (Dharma Communications) Best Price: $10.31 Dharma combat is a practice form unique to Zen in which student and teacher confront each other...	Classics of Buddhism and Zen, Volume 3: The Collected Translations of Thomas Cleary (Classics of Buddhism and Zen) Best Price: $15.99 Essential translations of the classic texts of Buddhism and Zen! All Five Volumes of Classics...	Zen Therapy: Transcending the Sorrows of the Human Mind Best Price: $15.45 This is a beautiful book that made me love the field of psychology so much more. I highly...



Gateless Barrier: Zen Comments on the Mumonkan Best Price: $17.85 this book is a thoroughly enjoyable read. shibayama has reached a high degree of freedom through...	Zen Gifts To Christians Best Price: $8.00 This is a small, but very wise and compassionate book. It is difficult to keep from reading it...	Wanting Enlightenment Is a Big Mistake: Teachings of Zen Master Seung San (Shambhala Pocket Classics) Best Price: $8.92 If you're predisposed to think Zen is esoteric and austere, you won't like this book. If you're...	The Legitimacy of the Modern Age (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought) Best Price: $42.83 The issue concerning the legitimacy of the modern age was more pressing for the Europeans than...	Enlightenment Unfolds Best Price: $6.99 With clarity of writing and mindstreaching concepts, this is a hard book to beat. Excellent...

Buddhist Advice for Living and Liberation: Nagarjuna's Precious Garland Best Price: $10.80 This text provides the reader with clear advice on compassion, ethics and chairty. It's advice...	Classics of Buddhism and Zen, Volume 2: The Collected Translations of Thomas Cleary (Classics of Buddhism and Zen) Best Price: $14.88 I sent this item as a gift to an incarcerated friend; he found it priceless. Also, product...	Zen The Supreme Experience: The Newly Discovered Scripts Best Price: $10.93 Despite What above reviewer seems to think, When it comes to zen i do not think Alan Watts is a...	Classics of Buddhism and Zen, Volume 4: The Collected Translations of Thomas Cleary (Classics of Buddhism and Zen) Best Price: $15.89 Essential translations of the classic texts of Buddhism and Zen! All Five Volumes of...	Ambivalent Zen : One Man's Adventures on the Dharma Path Best Price: $6.95 This book was surprisingly good, better than I thought it would be. It held my attention and it...

Zen Flesh, Zen Bones Classic Edition: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings Best Price: $12.87 With over one million copies sold fifty years after its first printing, Zen Flesh, Zen Bones ...	Immovable Wisdom: The Art of Zen Strategy : The Teachings of Takuan Soho Best Price: $108.27 Synopsis: Zen Master Takuan Soho (1573-1645) was living proof of the saying, "If you...	Zen: Simply Sitting: A Zen Monk's Commentary On The Fukanzazengi ( Universal Guide On The Correct Practice Of Zazen) By Master Dogen (1200-1253) Best Price: $10.13 We heartily welcome the publication of these commentaries on Master Dogen's Fukanzazengi by Rei...	The Three Pillars of Zen Best Price: $8.13 Through explorations of the three pillars of Zen--teaching, practice, and enlightenment--Roshi...	Seeing through Zen: Encounter, Transformation, and Genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism (Philip E. Lilienthal Book in Asian Studies) Best Price: $19.01 As a Zen priest who is also an academic, I am frequently frustrated both by scholarly books on...

Zen Judaism: Teaching Tales by a Kabbalistic Rabbi Best Price: $4.42 I find Rabbi Gelberman's teachings the most profound & enlightened I have yet to encounter...	Zen Buddhism: A History, India & China Best Price: $10.58 An essential reference for all Zen students/practitioners This book along with its companion...	Going Beyond the Pairs: The Coincidence of Opposites in German Romanticism, Zen, and Deconstruction Best Price: $1.54 Argues that German Romanticism, Zen Buddhism, and deconstruction, for all their cultural...	Simple Zen: A Guide to Living Moment by Moment (Simple Series) Best Price: $3.19 Before I bought this book I knew nothing about zen. As soon as I received the book in the mail I...	Zen 24/7: All Zen, All the Time Best Price: $3.00 This is one of those timeless books that has valuable information that is simple and...

Blowing Zen: Finding an Authentic Life I recently took up the Shakuhachi flute. I am a practitioner of Zen. This book adeptly merges...	In This Very Moment: A Simple Guide to Zen Buddhism Best Price: $8.57 This is a great easy-to-read book by a real master. He presents the material in a digestible...	Zen and the Writing Life Best Price: $10.95 Matthiessen is a very good speaker and teacher. He discusses his methods in an honest way. He...	Sound of 1 Hand Though translated flawlessly, the presentation of this text poses something of a problem, being...	Philosophical Meditations on Zen Buddhism (Cambridge Studies in Religious Traditions) Best Price: $27.66 Dale S. Wright's, Philosophical Meditations on Zen Buddhism, is an important book--and not just...

The Practice of Vajrakilaya Best Price: $8.51 This book is an interesting combination of myth, ritual, meditation, and symbolic explanation of...	Zen Wisdom Best Price: $2.84 Having read a variety of books in the Buddhist tradition I can honestly say this is one of my...	The New Buddhism: The Western Transformation of an Ancient Tradition Best Price: $22.63 This is a good book in that it describes the landscape of Western Buddhism which is rapidly...	Obaku Zen: The Emergence of the Third Sect of Zen in Tokugawa Japan Best Price: $28.00 This book constitutes the first detailed English-language study of the Obaku branch of Japanese...	Teachings of Zen Best Price: $4.12 A superb collection of short Zen texts, translated into easy accessible language for us...

Warm Smiles from Cold Mountains: Dharma Talks on Zen Meditation Best Price: $8.92 Having done retreats with the author, I thoroughly enjoyed having these printed words to read or...	Zen in the Art of Flower Arrangement: The Classic Account of the Meaning and Symbolism of the Japanese Art of Ikebana Best Price: $6.61 Although this book is not at all what I expected (it is what it says it is: "an account of...	A Flower Does Not Talk; Zen Essays Best Price: $10.00 This book is a collection of zen essays written by Zenkei Shibayama, abbot of the Nanzenji...	Untrain Your Parrot: And Other No-nonsense Instructions on the Path of Zen Best Price: $7.50 Only Elizabeth Hamilton could write this book - and probably only Elizabeth Hamilton would want...	The Way of the Living Sword: The Secret Teachings of Yagyu Munenori Best Price: $6.17 Minimalist, simple and direct. If you know the japanese culture, these three words are...

Z.B.A.: Zen of Business Administration - How Zen Practice Can Transform Your Work And Your Life Best Price: $2.99 This book is an example of the approach of supposed Zen adherents who miss the whole point. ...	Dream Conversations: On Buddhism and Zen Best Price: $5.70 Zen teaching by definition is often very difficult to understand. Some teachers are better at...	First Zen Reader Best Price: $5.99	Liberating Intimacy: Enlightenment and Social Virtuosity in Ch'an Buddhism (Suny Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture) Best Price: $28.26	The Iron Flute: 100 Zen Koans Best Price: $6.86 Zen Koans serve as a metaphor for principles of reality that go beyond the private opinion of...

Journey to Center: Lessons in Unifying Body, Mind, and Spirit Best Price: $3.20 Through a unique style of inspirational story telling, Thomas Crum generously offers some...	The Blue Heron Ranch Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from a Zen Retreat Center Best Price: $12.95 Specialty cookbooks from unique restaurants are always popular additions to personal and...	The Record of Transmitting the Light: Zen Master Keizan's Denkoroku Best Price: $10.10 From Shakyamuni Buddha through fifty three generations of successors to Koun Ejo, the lineage of...

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