Recommended Reading

Reading As Practice

We recommend the following 10 titles on Zen:

• Everyday Zen by Charlotte Joko Beck
• Nothing Special by Charlotte Joko Beck
• Opening the Hand of Thought by Uchiyama
• The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh
• When you Greet Me, I Bow by Norman Fischer
• Taking the Path of Zen by Robert Aitken
• From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment by Uchiyama and Doge
• The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh
• How to Raise an Ox by Francis Cook
• Buddhism Plain & Simple by Steve Hagen

Under the trees, among the rocks, a thatched hut;
verses and sacred commentaries live there together.
I’ll burn the books I carry in my bag,
but how can I forget the verses written in my gut?
(Ikkyu)