TREELEAF READING LIST
1-
Opening the Hand of Thought by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi (2004 Edition) **
2-
From The Zen Kitchen To Enlightenment: Refining Your Life by Eihei Dogen; Kosho Uchiyama Roshi (Translator) **
and
Nothing Is Hidden : Essays on Zen Master Dogen's Instructions for the Cook by Shohaku Okumura Roshi **
3-
A Heart To Heart Chat On Buddhism With Old Master Gudo by Gudo Wafu Nishijima Roshi (Jundo Cohen, Translator) **
4-
The Wholehearted Way, A Commentary on Dogen’s Bendowa by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi **
5-
What the Buddha Taught: Revised and Expanded Edition by Walpola Rahula **
6-
Buddhism Plain and Simple by Steve Hagen **
7-
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi **
and
Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi **
and
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness: Talks on Sandokai by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi
8-
The Heart Sutra by Red Pine (Bill Porter)
and
Heart of Understanding: Commentaries on Heart Sutra by Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh
9-
Sit Down and Shut Up by Brad Warner **
10-
Everyday Zen: Love & Work by Charlotte Joko Beck **
and
Nothing Special: Living Zen by Charlotte Joko Beck **
11-
Enlightenment Unfolds (the essential teachings of Dogen) by Kazuaki Tanahashi **
and
Moon in a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen by Kazuaki Tanahashi **
12-
Zen Buddhism, Volume 1: A History, India & China by Heinrich Dumoulin
and
Zen Buddhism, Volume 2: A History (Japan) by Heinrich Dumoulin
13-
Master Dogen's Shobogenzo-Zuimonki available online: **
http://global.sotozen-net.or.jp/eng/index.html#
14-
KOAN COLLECTIONS:
Gateless Barrier: Zen Comments on the Mumonkan by Zenkai Shibayama
and/or
Book of Serenity: One Hundred Zen Dialogues by Thomas Cleary
and/or
Master Dogen's Shinji Shobogenzo (Koan Collection) by Gudo Nishijima Roshi
15-
The Mind of Clover: Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics by Robert Aitken
16-
No Death, No Fear by Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh
17-
The Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Hui-Neng translated Red Pine (Bill Porter)