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The Cat Who Taught Zen
The Dog Who Followed the Moon
Profondo come il mare, leggero come il cielo: Un viaggio dentro se stessi per trovare la serenità
Karma: A Yogi's Guide to Crafting Your Destiny
Vida contemplativa: Elogio de la inactividad
How to Let Things Go: 99 Tips from a Zen Buddhist Monk to Relinquish Control and Free Yourself Up for What Matters
Wabi Sabi: The Wisdom in Imperfection
How to Focus (Mindfulness Essentials, #9)
Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet
Zen Is Right Now: More Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki, author of Zen Mind, Beginners Mind
Three Zen Sutras: The Heart, The Diamond, and The Platform Sutras
Ordinary Wonder: Zen Life and Practice
Zen and the Art of Dealing with Difficult People: How to Learn from Your Troublesome Buddhas
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
The Way of Zen
The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings
Zen in the Art of Archery
Everyday Zen: Love & Work
An Introduction to Zen Buddhism
Tao Te Ching
The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth about Reality
The Zen Teaching of Huang Po: On the Transmission of Mind
Nothing Special: A Zen Buddhist Guide to Awakening Through Daily Life's Feelings, Relationships, and Work
Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice
Tao Te Ching by Lao TzuThe Tao of Pooh by Benjamin HoffSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Book of Chuang Tzu by Zhuangzithe te of piglet by Benjamin Hoff
Best Books on Taoism
108 books — 130 voters
Nothing Special by Charlotte Joko BeckEveryday Zen by Charlotte Joko BeckThe Way of Tenderness by Zenju Earthlyn ManuelZen Women by Grace SchiresonWake Up and Laugh by Daehaeng
Zen Books by Women
12 books — 6 voters

The Heart Sutra by AnonymousThe Diamond Sutra by AnonymousThe Heart of the Buddha's Teaching by Thich Nhat HanhThe Diamond That Cuts Through Illusion by Thich Nhat HanhThe Essence of the Heart Sutra by Dalai Lama XIV
Buddhist Sutras
24 books — 13 voters
A Blessed Olive Tree by Zain HashmiOneless Oneness by Marcel EschauzierExistential Rationalism by Marcel EschauzierAwakening the Other Way by Marcel EschauzierBe Here Now by Ram Dass
Finding the Pure
23 books — 6 voters

Be Here Now by Ram DassThe I Ching or Book of Changes by AnonymousThe Perennial Philosophy by Aldous HuxleyThe Essential Dogen by DōgenAshtavakra Gita by Harsha Yardi
10 Eastern Philosophy texts
11 books — 3 voters
Japanese Philosophy by James W. HeisigIn Praise of Shadows by Jun'ichirō TanizakiThe Self-Overcoming of Nihilism by Keiji NishitaniAn Introduction to Zen Buddhism by D.T. SuzukiAn Inquiry into the Good by Kitarō Nishida
Reading Japanese philosophy
136 books — 19 voters


George Carlin
But when you're in front of an audience and you make them laugh at a new idea, you're guiding the whole being for the moment. No one is ever more him/herself than when they really laugh. Their defenses are down. It's very Zen-like, that moment. They are completely open, completely themselves when that message hits the brain and the laugh begins. That's when new ideas can be implanted. If a new idea slips in at that moment, it has a chance to grow. ...more
George Carlin, Last Words

Shunryu Suzuki
A student, filled with emotion and crying, implored, "Why is there so much suffering?" Suzuki Roshi replied, "No reason. ...more
Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Is Right Here: Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki, Author of "ZEN Mind, Beginner's Mind"

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