Resources

Resources for Continuing Study and Learning

A Few Good Books to Start with if you are curious about Zen or Buddhism:

Ellison, Koshin Paley.  Untangled: Walking the Eightfold Path to Clarity, Courage, and Compassion, 2022.

Ellison, Koshin Paley.  Wholehearted: Slow Down, Help Out, Wake Up, 2019.

Hagen, Steve.  Buddhism Plain and Simple, 1998.

Suzuki, Shunryu. Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice, 2011.

Other Books from the San Francisco Zen Center (Soto Zen) tradition:

Chadwick, David. Zen is Right Here: Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki, 2021.

Chadwick, David. Zen Is Right Now: More Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki, author of Zen Mind, Beginners Mind, 2021

Chadwick, David. Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Zen Teachings of Shunryu Suzuki. 1999.

Fischer, Norman. Taking Our Places: The Buddhist Path to Truly Growing Up, 2003.

Fischer, Norman. The World Could Be Otherwise: Imagination and the Bodhisattva Path, 2019.

Fischer, Norman. Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong, 2013.

Fischer, Norman.  When You Greet Me I Bow: Notes and Reflections from a Live in Zen, 2021.

Hartman, Zenkei Blanche. Seeds for a Boundless Life: Zen Teachings from the Heart, 2015.

Kwong, Jakusho. Mind Sky: Zen Teaching on Living and Dying, 2022.

Kwong, Jakusho. No Beginning, No End: The Intimate Heart of Zen, 2003.

Suzuki, Shunryu. Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen, 2009.

Suzuki, Shunryu. (Mel Weisman and Michael Wenger, Eds.) Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness: Zen Talks on the Sandokai, 2001.

Suzuki, Shunryu.  Zen Is Right Here: Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki, 2021.

Suzuki, Shunryu.  Zen Is Right Now: More Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki, author of Zen Mind, Beginners Mind, 2021.

Books on the Bodhisattva Precepts:

Anderson, Reb. Being Upright: Zen Meditation and the Bodhisattva Precepts, 2001.

Ellison, Koshin Paley.  Wholehearted: Slow Down, Help Out, Wake Up, 2019.

Jenkins, Sara.  Good Life: A Zen Precepts Retreat With Cheri Huber, ed. 1997

Rizzetto, Diane Eshin. Waking Up to What You Do: A Zen Practice for Meeting Everyday Situation with Intelligence and Compassion, 2005.

Books on the Eightfold Path:

Bodhi, Bhikkhu. The Noble Eightfold Path: Way to the End of Suffering, 1984.

Ellison, Koshin Paley.  Untangled: Walking the Eightfold Path to Clarity, Courage, and Compassion, 2022.

Shutt, Liên. Home is Here: Practicing Antiracism with the Engaged Eightfold Path, 2023.

Books on the Paramitas:

Aitken, Robert.  The Practice of Perfection:  The Paramitas from a Zen Buddhist Perspective, 1994.

Anderson, Reb.  Entering the Mind of Buddha: Zen and the Six Heroic Practices of Bodhisattvas, 2019.

Fischer, Norman.  The World Could Be Otherwise: Imagination and the Bodhisattva Path, 2019.

Rizzetto, Diane Eshin.  Deep Hope: Zen Guidance for Staying Steadfast When the World Seems Hopeless, 2019.

Wright, Dale.  The Six Perfections: Buddhism and the Cultivation of Character, 2009

Other Books on Zen Buddhism:

Bayda, Ezra. At Home in the Muddy Water, 2003.

Bayda, Ezra. The Authentic Life:  Zen Wisdom for Living Free From Complacency and Fear, 2014.

Bayda, Ezra. being zen: Bringing Meditation to Life, 2002.

Bayda, Ezra. Beyond Happiness:  The Zen Way to True Contentment, 2010.

Bayda, Ezra. Zen Heart:  Simple Advice for Living with Mindfulness and Compassion, 2008.

Beck, Charlotte Joko. Everyday Zen, 1998.

Beck, Charlotte Joko. Nothing Special: Living Zen, 1993.

Beck, Charlotte Joko.  Ordinary Wonder:  Zen Life and Practice, 2021.

Ostaseski, Frank.  The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully, 2017.

Tanahashi, Kazuaki; Levitt, Peter (Eds.). The Essential Dogen: Writings of the Great Zen Master, 2013.

Tanahashi, Kazuaki (Ed.). Moon in A Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen, 2009.

Yang, Larry. Awakening Together:  The Spiritual Practice of Inclusivity and Community, 2017. 

Websites:

Appamada - https://appamada.org/

Every Day Zen Center - https://everydayzen.org/

Flint Sparks - https://www.flintsparks.org/

Just This Zen Community - https://justthiszen.org/

Lion’s Roar - https://www.lionsroar.com/

New York Zen Center - https://zencare.org/

Open Door Zen Community - https://opendoorzencommunity.org/

San Francisco Zen Center - https://www.sfzc.org/

Upaya Zen Center - https://www.upaya.org/