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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