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Recommended BooksRevised March 30, 2013
The books listed below represent a small selection of some of the key texts in each category. The name(s) provided below each title designate either the primary author, editor, or translator.
Introductions
Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction Damien Keown
Taking the Path of Zen ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Robert Aitken
Everyday Zen ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Charlotte Joko Beck
Start Where You Are ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Pema Chodron
The Eight Gates of Zen ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! John Daido Loori
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Shunryu Suzuki
Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening ! Stephen Batchelor
The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Thich Nhat Hanh
Buddhism For Beginners ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Thubten Chodron
The Buddha and His Teachings ! ! ! ! ! ! Sherab Chödzin Kohn and Samuel Bercholz
The Spirit of the Buddha ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Martine Batchelor
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Meditation and Zen Practice
Mindfulness in Plain English ! ! ! ! ! Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness in Plain English ! ! ! Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
Change Your Mind: A Practical Guide to Buddhist Meditation ! Paramananda
Making Space: Creating a Home Meditation Practice ! ! ! ! Thich Nhat Hanh
The Heart of Buddhist Meditation ! ! ! ! ! ! Thera Nyanaponika
Meditation for Beginners ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Jack Kornfield
Being Nobody, Going Nowhere: Meditations on the Buddhist Path ! ! Ayya Khema
The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation Thich Nhat Hanh
Zen Meditation in Plain English ! ! ! ! ! ! ! John Daishin Buksbazen and Peter Matthiessen
Beyond Thinking: A Guide to Zen Meditation ! ! ! ! ! Eihei Dogen
On Zen Practice: Body, Breath, and Mind Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi
Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life Jon Kabat-Zinn
How to Train a Wild Elephant " " " " " " " Jan Chozen Bays
Breathing through the Whole Body: The Buddha's Instructions on Integrating Mind, Body, and Breath ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Will Johnson
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism"" " " " " Chogyam Trungpa
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Encouraging Words: Zen Buddhist Teachings for Western Students ! Robert Aitken
Life of the Buddha
Buddha! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Karen Armstrong
Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha " " Thich Nhat Hanh
Path of Compassion: Stories from the Buddha's Life ! ! ! Thich Nhat Hanh
The Buddha: A Very Short Introduction " " " " " Michael Carrithers
Walking the Buddhist Path
The Heart of Being!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! John Daido Loori
For a Future to Be Possible: Buddhist Ethics for Everyday Life "" " Thich Nhat Hanh
Being Upright ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Reb Anderson
Friends on the Path: Living Spiritual Communities ! ! ! ! Thich Nhat Hanh
Stepping into Freedom: An Introduction to Buddhist (Monastic) Training " Thich Nhat Hanh
The Heart Is Noble: Changing the World from the Inside Out ! ! The Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje
The Mind of Clover: Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics ! ! ! Robert Aitkin
Being Good: Buddhist Ethics for Everyday Life" " " " Venerable Master Hsing Yun
Chanting from the Heart: Buddhist Ceremonies and Daily Practices Thich Nhat Hanh
Living by Vow: A Practical Introduction to Eight Essential Zen Chants and Texts Shohaku Okumura
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The Six Perfections: Buddhism and the Cultivation of Character ! ! Dale Wright
Taking Our Places: The Buddhist Path to Truly Growing Up" " Norman Fischer
Buddhist Pali Canon (Entry Level Studies)
In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon Bhikkhu Bodhi and The Dalai Lama
The Dhammapada !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Eknath Easwaran
Turning the Wheel of Truth: Commentary on the Buddha's First Teaching Ajahn Sucitto
First Buddhist Women: Poems and Stories of Awakening ! ! Susan Murcott
Great Disciples of the Buddha: Their Lives, Their Works, Their Legacy ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Nyanaponika Thera and Hellmuth Hecker
Buddhist Pali Canon (Advanced Scriptural Studies)
The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha: Anguttara Nikaya ! ! Bhikkhu Bodhi
The Long Discourses of the Buddha: Digha Nikaya ! ! ! Maurice Walshe
The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: Majjhima Nikaya ! Bhikkhu Nanamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi
The Connected Discourses of the Buddha: Samyutta Nikaya ! ! Bhikkhu Bodhi
A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma ! ! ! ! ! Bhikkhu Bodhi
Collegiate Level Textbooks
The Experience of Buddhism: Sources and Interpretations ! ! ! John S. Strong
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An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices ! ! Peter Harvey!!
Buddhist Religions: A Historical Introduction ! ! ! ! Richard H. Robinson
Introducing the Buddhist Experience Second Edition " " " Donald W. Mitchell
Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations !! ! ! ! Paul Williams
Reference
The Shambhala Dictionary of Buddhism and Zen
Encyclopedia of Buddhism ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Damien Keown and Charles S. Prebish
The Buddhist World ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! John Powers
A Dictionary of Buddhism ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Damien Keown
A Concise Encyclopedia of Buddhism ! ! ! ! ! ! John Powers
Faces of Compassion: Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their Modern Expression - An Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism ! ! ! ! Taigen Dan Leighton
Buddhist Sutras: Origin, Development, Transmission" " " Kogen Mizuno
The Social Organization of Zen Practice: Constructing Transcultural Reality David L. Preston
Mahayana Sutras and Literature
The Lotus Sutra ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Burton Watson
The Sutra of Hui-Neng: Grand Master of Zen ! ! ! ! Thomas Cleary
The Diamond Sutra: Transforming the Way We Perceive the World ! ! Mu Soeng
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The Diamond That Cuts Through Illusion ! ! ! ! ! Thich Nhat Hanh
Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi Taigen Dan Leighton
The Way of the Bodhisattva ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Shantideva
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings ! ! Paul Reps and Nyogen Senzaki
The Sayings of Layman P’ang: A Zen Classic of China ! ! ! ! James Green
The Zen Teachings of Bodhidharma ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Red Pine
The Lankavatara Sutra: Translation and Commentary ! ! ! ! Red Pine
The Vimalakirti Sutra " " " " " (Burton Watson) OR (Robert Thurman)
The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of The Avatamsaka Sutra Thomas Cleary
The Heart of Understanding: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra Thich Nhat Hanh
The Heart of the Universe: Exploring the Heart Sutra ! ! ! Mu Soeng
There Is No Suffering: A Commentary on the Heart Sutra ! ! ! Sheng Yen
Awakening of the Heart: Essential Buddhist Sutras and Commentary !! Thich Nhat Hanh
Hsin-Hsin Ming: Verses on the Faith-Mind ! ! ! ! ! , Richard B. Clark
Treasury of the True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen's Shobo Genzo ! ! Eihei Dogen
The Shurangama Sutra: Sutra Text and Supplements ! ! ! ! Hsuan Hua
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Korean Buddhism
A Buddha from Korea: Zen Teachings of Taego ! ! ! ! Thomas Cleary
The Zen Monastic Experience ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Robert Buswell
The Compass of Zen! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Seung Sahn
Wonhyo's Philosophy of Mind !! ! ! ! ! ! ! A. Charles Muller
Dropping Ashes on the Buddha ! ! ! ! ! ! Zen Master Seung Sahn
Wanting Enlightenment Is a Big Mistake ! ! ! ! ! ! Seung Sahn and Hyon Gak Sunim
The Mirror of Zen: The Classic Guide to Buddhist Practice by Zen Master So Sahn Boep Joeng
No River to Cross: Trusting the Enlightenment That's Always Right Here ! Zen Master Daehaeng
Currents and Countercurrents: Korean Influences on the East Asian Buddhist Traditions ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Robert E. Buswell
The Way of Korean Zen " " " " " " " " " Kusan Sunim
Don't-Know Mind: The Spirit of Korean Zen "" " " " Richard Shrobe
Thousand Peaks " " " " " " " " " " Mu Seong
Tracing Back the Radiance: Chinul's Korean Way of Zen !! ! Robert Buswell
Makers of Modern Korean Buddhism "" " " " " " Jin Y. Park
Sermon of One Hundred Days" " " " " " Venerable Seongcheol
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Philosophy and Theology (Advanced Studies)
What the Buddha Taught ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Walpola Rahula
Basic Buddhist Concepts ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Kogen Mizuno
Buddhist Philosophy: Essential Readings ! ! ! ! ! William Edelglass and Jay Garfield
An Introduction to Zen Buddhism ! ! ! ! ! ! ! D.T. Suzuki
Essential Buddhism: A Complete Guide to Beliefs and Practices ! Jack Maguire
Philosophical Meditations on Zen Buddhism " " " " " Dale S. Wright
Zen Philosophy, Zen Practice ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Thich Thien-An
Toward a Philosophy of Zen Buddhism ! ! ! ! ! Toshihiko Izutsu
A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy ! ! ! ! ! Steven M. Emmanuel
Classics of Buddhism and Zen: Volumes 1-5 " " " " Thomas Cleary
Ethics
The Great Compassion: Buddhism and Animal Rights ! ! ! ! Norm Phelps
To Cherish All Life: A Buddhist Case for Becoming Vegetarian ! ! Philip Kapleau
Food of Bodhisattvas: Buddhist Teachings on Abstaining from Meat " Shabkar
Buddhist Ethics: A Very Short Introduction " " " " " Damien Keown
Ethics for the New Millennium " " " " " " " " Dalai Lama
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Destroying Mara Forever: Buddhist Ethics Essays In Honor Of Damien Keown John Powers and Charles S. Prebish
Buddhism and Bioethics " " " " " " " Damien Keown
Buddhism and Abortion ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Damien Keown
An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics: Foundations, Values and Issues " " Peter Harvey
The Nature of Buddhist Ethics " " " " " " " Damien Keown
Contemporary Buddhist Ethics " " " " " " Damien Keown
Sustainability and Consumption
Bicycles and Buddhists: Encounters with a Sustainable Living Community Roberta Palmer
Mindfulness in the Marketplace: Compassionate Responses to Consumerism Allan Hunt Badiner
The Wisdom of Sustainability: Buddhist Economics for the 21st Century ! Sulak Sivaraksa
Hooked!: Buddhist Writings on Greed, Desire, and the Urge to Consume Stephanie Kaza
Environmental Consciousness
Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism ! ! ! Kenneth Kraft
Mindfully Green: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Stephanie Kaza
Dharma Gaia: A Harvest of Essays in Buddhism and Ecology ! ! ! Allan Hunt Badiner
The Attentive Heart: Conversations with Trees ! ! ! ! Stephanie Kaza
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The World We Have: A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology ! ! Thich Nhat Hanh
Teachings of the Earth: Zen and the Environment ! ! ! ! ! John Daido Loori
Love Letter to the Earth ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Thich Nhat Hanh
Buddhism and Ecology: The Interconnection of Dharma and Deeds " ! Mary Evelyn Tucker
World as Lover, World as Self: Courage for Global Justice and Ecological Renewal ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Joanna Macy
Sexuality and Gender
The Red Thread: Buddhist Approaches to Sexuality ! ! ! Bernard Faure
The Power of Denial: Buddhism, Purity, and Gender ! ! ! Bernard Faure
Buddhism After Patriarchy: A Feminist History, Analysis, and Reconstruction of Buddhism " ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Rita M. Gross
Shoes Outside the Door: Desire, Devotion, and Excess at San Francisco Zen CenterMichael Downing
Meeting The Great Bliss Queen: Buddhists, Feminists, And The Art Of The Self Anne Carolyn Klein
Queer Dharma: Voices of Gay Buddhists Vol. 1 & 2 " ! ! Winston Leyland
A Bull of a Man: Images of Masculinity, Sex, and the Body in Indian Buddhism John Powers
Buddhism, Sexuality, and Gender ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Jose Ignacio Cabezon
The Narrow Way: A Memoir Of Coming Out, Getting Clean and Finding Buddha Chris Lemig
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Women in Buddhism
Women in Korean Zen: Lives and Practices !! ! ! ! Martine Batchelor
Buddhist Women on the Edge: Contemporary Perspectives from the Western Frontier ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Marianne Dresser
Turning The Wheel: American Women Creating the New Buddhism Sandy Boucher
Women's Buddhism, Buddhism's Women -- Tradition, Revision, Renewal Ellison Banks Findly
Meetings with Remarkable Women: Buddhist Teachers in America Lenore Friedman
Women Living Zen: Japanese Soto Buddhist Nuns ! ! ! Paula Kane Robinson Arai
Women of the Way: Discovering 2,500 Years of Buddhist Wisdom ! ! Sallie Tisdale
Buddhism Through American Women's Eyes ! ! ! ! Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Women Under Primitive Buddhism: Laywomen and Almswomen ! ! I. B. Horner
Zen Women: Beyond Tea Ladies, Iron Maidens, and Macho Masters Grace Schireson and Miriam Levering
Ties That Bind: Maternal Imagery and Discourse in Indian Buddhism !! Reiko Ohnuma
A Gathering of Spirit: Women Teaching in American Buddhism !! ! Ellen S. Sidor
Daughters of Emptiness: Poems of Chinese Buddhist Nuns ! ! ! Beata Grant
Women in Buddhism: Images of the Feminine in the Mahayana Tradition ! Diana Y. Paul
Korean Buddhist Nuns and Laywomen: Hidden Histories, Enduring Vitality Cho Eun-Su
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Right View, Right Life: Insights of a Woman Buddhist Priest ! ! ! Jiko Kohno
Blossoms of the Dharma: Living as a Buddhist Nun" " " Thubten Chodron
Buddhist Women Across Cultures" " " " " " Karma Lekshe Tsomo
African American Voices
Meeting Faith: The Forest Journals of a Black Buddhist Nun ! ! ! Faith Adiele
Dreaming Me: Black, Baptist, and Buddhist - One Woman's Spiritual Journey Jan Willis
Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace !! Angel Kyodo Williams
Turning the Wheel: Essays on Buddhism and Writing ! ! ! Charles Johnson
Dharma, Color, and Culture: New Voices in Western Buddhism !! Hilda Gutierez Baldoquin
Comparative Buddhism
Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers and Living Buddha, Living Christ Thich Nhat Hanh
Jesus and Buddha: The Parallel Sayings! ! ! ! ! ! Marcus Borg
Without Buddha I Could Not Be a Christian ! ! ! ! ! Paul F. Knitter
Opening to You: Zen-Inspired Translations of the Psalms"" " Norman Fischer
The Jew in the Lotus ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Rodger Kamenetz
That's Funny, You Don't Look Buddhist: On Being a Faithful Jew and a Passionate Buddhist ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Sylvia Boorstein
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Jewish Dharma: A Guide to the Practice of Judaism and Zen ! ! Brenda Shoshanna
The Ground We Share: Everyday Practice, Buddhist and Christian ! Robert Aitken
Unexpected Way: On Converting from Buddhism to Catholicism ! Paul Williams
Benedict's Dharma ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Patrick Henry
Wrestling with the Ox: A Theology of Religious Experience ! ! Paul O. Ingram
The Process of Buddhist-Christian Dialogue ! ! ! ! Paul O. Ingram
The Good Heart: A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus" " Dalai Lama
Beside Still Waters: Jews, Christians, and the Way of the Buddha" Harold Kasimow
Science and Buddhism
Buddhism and Science: Breaking New Ground ! ! ! ! B. Alan Wallace
Contemplative Science: Where Buddhism and Neuroscience Converge ! B. Alan Wallace
Buddhism and Science: A Guide for the Perplexed ! ! ! Donald S. Lopez Jr.
The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality Dalai Lama
Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom Rick Hanson
The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized ! ! ! ! Owen Flanagan
The Quantum and the Lotus: A Journey to the Frontiers where Science and Buddhism Meet ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Matthieu Ricard and Trinh Xuan Thuan
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Zen and the Brain: Toward and Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! James Austin, M.D.
Engaged Buddhism
Engaged Buddhism in the West ! ! ! ! ! ! Christopher S. Queen
Bearing Witness: A Zen Master's Lessons in Making Peace " " " Bernie Glassman
Street Zen: The Life and Work of Issan Dorsey " " " " David Schneider
Mindful Politics: A Buddhist Guide to Making the World a Better Place Melvin McLeod
Not Turning Away: The Practice of Engaged Buddhism ! ! ! ! Susan Moon
Socially Engaged Buddhism ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Sallie B. King
Being Benevolence: Social Ethics of Engaged Buddhism ! ! ! Sallie B. King
The Engaged Spiritual Life: A Buddhist Approach to Transforming Ourselves and the World ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Donald Rothberg
The Bodhisattva's Embrace: Dispatches from Engaged's Buddhism's Front Lines Alan Senauke
The New Social Face of Buddhism: A Call to Action " " " " Ken Jones
The Great Awakening: A Buddhist Social Theory " " " " " David Loy
Good Citizens: Creating Enlightened Society ! ! ! ! ! Thich Nhat Hanh
One City: A Declaration of Interdependence !! ! ! ! Ethan Nichtern
Altars in the Street: A Courageous Memoir of Community and Spiritual Awakening Melody Chavis
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Buddhist Exploration of Peace And Justice "" " " " " Chanju Mun
Buddhism And Peace: Theory And Practice !! ! ! ! Chanju Mun
Buddhist Peacework -- Creating Cultures of Peace!! ! ! David W. Chappell
Health, Cooking, and Mindful Eating
The Zen of Eating !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! R. Kabatznick
If the Buddha Came to Dinner: How to Nourish Your Body to Awaken Your Spirit Halé Sofia Schatz
Mindful Eating: A Guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Jan Chozen Bays
The Zen Monastery Cookbook: Stories and Recipes from a Zen Kitchen ! Cheri Huber
Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life ! ! ! ! ! Thich Nhat Hanh
The Cosmos in a Carrot: A Zen Guide to Eating Well ! ! ! Carmen Yuen
The Enlightened Kitchen: Fresh Vegetable Dishes from the Temples of Japan Mari Fujii
Veggiyana: The Dharma of Cooking: With 108 Deliciously Easy Vegetarian Recipes ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Sandra Garson
The Complete Tassajara Cookbook: Recipes, Techniques, and Reflections from the Famed Zen Kitchen ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Edward Espe Brown
In Buddha's Kitchen: Cooking, Being Cooked, and Other Adventures in a Meditation Center !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Kimberley Snow
3 Bowls : Vegetarian Recipes from an American Zen Buddhist Monastery Nancy O'Hara
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Suffering, Illness, and Dying
Hidden Spring: A Buddhist Woman Confronts Cancer ! ! ! Sandy Boucher
Storms Can't Hurt the Sky: A Buddhist Path Through Divorce ! ! Gabriel Cohen
Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Jon Kabat-Zinn
Murder As A Call to Love: A True Story of Transformation and Forgiveness ! Judith Toy
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times !! ! Pema Chodron
Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Joan Halifax
Grieving Mindfully: A Compassionate and Spiritual Guide to Coping with Loss Sameet M. Kumar
Wheel of Life and Death: A Practical and Spiritual Guide !! Roshi Philip Kapleau
How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Toni Bernhard
Making Friends with Death: A Buddhist Guide to Encountering Mortality " Judith L. Lief
Dying with Confidence: A Tibetan Buddhist Guide to Preparing for Death" Anyen Rinpoche
No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom for Life " " " " " Thich Nhat Hanh
A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as If It Were Your Last ! ! Stephen Levine
Recovery
One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps ! ! ! Kevin Edward Griffin
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The 12-Step Buddhist: Enhance Recovery from Any Addiction ! ! Darren Littlejohn
Mindfulness and the 12 Steps: Living Recovery in the Present Moment ! Therese Jacobs-Stewart
A Burning Desire: Dharma God and the Path of Recovery ! ! ! Kevin Griffin
Ordinary Recovery: Mindfulness, Addiction, and the Path of Lifelong Sobriety William Alexander and Kevin Griffin
The Zen of Recovery" " " " " " " " " Mel Ash
12 Steps on Buddha's Path: Bill, Buddha, and We !! ! ! ! Laura S.
Let Go: A Buddhist Guide to Breaking Free of Habits" " " Martine Batchelor
Incarceration
Sitting Inside: Buddhist Practice in America's Prisons ! ! ! ! Kobai Scott Whitney
That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography of an Innocent Man on Death Row Jarvis Jay Masters
Razor-Wire Dharma: A Buddhist Life in Prison ! ! ! ! ! Calvin Malone
Dharma in Hell: The Prison Writings of Fleet Maull !! ! ! ! Fleet Maull
Freedom in Bondage: The Life and Teachings of Adeu Rinpoche ! ! Adeu Rinpoche
The Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk ! ! ! ! ! Palden Gyatso
Buddhism in the West
Buddhism in America, Revised and Expanded ! ! ! ! Richard Hughes Seager
Wild Geese: Buddhism in Canada ! ! ! ! ! ! ! J. Harding, V. Hori, and A. Soucy
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How the Swans Came to the Lake: A Narrative History of Buddhism in America Rick Fields
The Faces of Buddhism in America ! ! ! ! ! ! Charles S. Prebish and Kenneth K. Tanaka
Luminous Passage: The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America !! Charles S. Prebish
Being Buddhist in a Christian World: Gender and Community in a Korean American Temple " " " " " " " " " Sharon A. Suh
American Buddhism: Methods and Findings in Recent Scholarship Christopher Queen
Zen and Western Thought " " " " " " " Masao Abe
Dixie Dharma: Inside a Buddhist Temple in the American South " " Jeff Wilson
Silence and Noise: Growing Up Zen in America " " " " Ivan Richmond
Westward Dharma: Buddhism beyond Asia "" " " " Charles S. Prebish
The New Buddhism: The Western Transformation of an Ancient Tradition " James William Coleman
Parenting
Planting Seeds: Practicing Mindfulness with Children ! ! ! ! Thich Nhat Hanh
Buddhism for Mothers of Young Children: Becoming a Mindful Parent ! Sarah Napthali
Buddhism for Mothers of Schoolchildren: Finding Calm in the Chaos of the School Years ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Sarah Napthali
Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood ! ! ! ! Karen Maezen Miller
Dharma Family Treasures : Sharing Buddhism With Children " " " Sandy Eastoak
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Buddha at Bedtime: Tales of Love and Wisdom for You to Read with Your Child to Enchant, Enlighten and Inspire !! ! ! ! ! Dharmachari Nagaraja
For Teens
Wide Awake: A Buddhist Guide for Teens ! ! ! ! ! Diana Winston
Buddha in Your Backpack: Everyday Buddhism for Teens ! ! ! Franz Metcalf and Monk Song Yonk
Blue Jean Buddha : Voices of Young Buddhists ! ! ! ! Sumi Loundon and Jack Kornfield
The Buddha's Apprentices: More Voices of Young Buddhists ! ! ! Sumi Loundon and Sharon Salzberg
Creativity
The Zen of Creativity: Cultivating Your Artistic Life ! ! ! ! John Daido Loori
Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists Kay Larson
Zen Seeing, Zen Drawing: Meditation in Action " " " " Frederick Franck
Art As a Way: A Return to the Spiritual Roots ! ! ! ! Frederick Franck
True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art ! ! ! ! ! Chogyam Trungpa
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within ! ! ! Natalie Goldberg
Biographies
At Hell’s Gate: A Soldier’s Journey from War to Peace ! ! Claude Anshin Thomas
Divine Stories: Divyavadana " " " " " " " Andy Rotman
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Footprints in the Snow: The Autobiography of a Chinese Buddhist Monk by Master Sheng Yen
Wild Ivy: The Spiritual Autobiography of Zen Master Hakuin ! ! Hakuin Ekaku
Cave in the Snow: Tenzin Palmo's Quest for Enlightenment ! ! Vicki Mackenzie
Pure Heart, Enlightened Mind: The Life and Letters of an Irish Zen Saint ! Maura O'Halloran
First You Shave Your Head ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Geri Larkin
One Hundred Days of Solitude: Losing Myself and Finding Grace on a Zen Retreat Jane Dobisz
The White Buddhist: The Asian Odyssey of Henry Steel Olcott ! Stephen Prothero
Walking the Tiger's Path: A Soldier's Spiritual Journey in Iraq ! ! Paul M. Kendel
The Sutras of Abu Ghraib: Notes from a Conscientious Objector in Iraq Aiden Delgado
The Novice: Why I Became a Buddhist Monk, Why I Quit, and What I Learned Stephen Schettini
Lives Lived, Lives Imagined: Biography in the Buddhist Traditions" Linda Covill
An American Buddhist Life: Memoirs of a Modern Dharma Pioneer ! Charles S. Prebish
The Heavenly Exploits: Buddhist Biographies from the Divyavadana ! Joel Tatelman
Eat Sleep Sit: My Year at Japan's Most Rigorous Zen Temple ! ! Kaoru Nonomura
Keep Me in Your Heart a While: The Haunting Zen of Dainin Katagiri ! ! Dosho Mike Port
If You're Lucky, Your Heart Will Break: Field Notes from a Zen Life ! ! James Ishmael Ford
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Masao Abe: A Zen Life of Dialogue ! ! ! ! ! ! Donald W. Mitchell
Challenges: The Life and Teachings of Venerable Master Cheng Yen ! ! Gary Ho
Novice to Master: An Ongoing Lesson in the Extent of My Own Stupidity Soko Morinaga
Holding the Lotus to the Rock: The Autobiography of Sokei-an, America's First Zen Master ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Michael Hotz
Work and Daily Life
Awake at Work: 35 Practical Buddhist Principles for Discovering Clarity and Balance in the Midst of Work's Chaos... ! ! ! ! ! Michael Carroll
Being Buddha at Work: 108 Ancient Truths on Change, Stress, Money, and Success" " " " " " " " " " B J Gallagher
Work: How to Find Joy and Meaning in Each Hour of the Day ! ! ! Thich Nhat Hanh
The Art of Happiness at Work ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Dalai Lama
Mindfulness and Meaningful Work: Explorations in Right Livelihood " Claude Whitmyer and Ernest Callenbach
Work, Sex, Money: Real Life on the Path of Mindfulness " " " Chogyam Trungpa
Fearless at Work: Timeless Teachings for Awakening Confidence, Resilience, and Creativity in the Face of Life's... ! ! ! ! ! ! Michael Carroll
Money, Sex, War, Karma: Notes for a Buddhist Revolution ! ! ! David R. Loy
Work as a Spiritual Practice: A Practical Buddhist Approach to Inner Growth and Satisfaction on the Job ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Lewis Richmond
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