 | Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
Buy new: £3.06 / Used from: £3.28 Inspirational read first published in 1970.
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 | Crooked Cucumber by David Chadwick
Buy used from: £16.45 Great background history esp. if you enjoyed or were inspired by the above.
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 | Turtle Island (Pocket Classics) by Gary Snyder
Buy used from: £11.99 Favorite poetry from the Dharma Bum himself...
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 | Zen Essence: The Science of Freedom (Shambhala Pocket Classics)
Buy used from: £2.53 Travelling companion...
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 | Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings by Paul Reps
Buy used from: £4.99 Apparently the audio tape version is also good (Peter Coyote reads it)
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 | Entering the Stream: Introduction to the Buddha and His Teachings by Samuel Bercholz
Buy used from: £0.38 Concise and simple at the same time..
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 | Zen for Beginners (For Beginners) by Judith Blackstone
Buy new: £20.04 / Used from: £0.33 For beginners, we are all beginners...
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| The Spirit of Zen by Alan W. Watts
Buy used from: £1.75 Good one to explain things for the over-60s (*joke*)
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 | The Way of Zen (Arkana) by Alan Watts
So what are you doing reading this list anyway...
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 | Buddhist Scriptures (Classics)
Buy new: £3.69 / Used from: £0.01 Anthology of literature for the scholar
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 | Everyday Zen: Love and Work by Charlotte Joko Beck
Buy new: £4.76 / Used from: £3.50 Everyday practice for lay Buddhists studying Zen
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 | Enlightenment Unfolds: The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Dogen by Dogen
Buy new: £7.64 / Used from: £8.13 The best translations of Dogen (In my humble opinion...)
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