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Adventures of the Mad Monk Ji Gong: The Drunken Wisdom of China's Famous Chan Buddhist Monk
by Guo Xiaoting, Translated by John Robert Shaw
reviewed by Vladimir K.
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American Buddhism: Methods and Findings in Recent Scholarship*
edited by D.R. Williams and C.S.Queen
reviewed by Martin Baumann
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Answer Your Love Letters
by Adam Genkaku Fisher
reviewed by Reverend Fa Dao Shakya
The Art of Just Sitting*
by John Daido Loori (ed)
reviewed by Vladimir K.
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Awakening of the West: The Encounter of Buddhism and Western Culture
by Stephen Batchelor
reviewed by Adriano Lanza buy this book 
Big Sky Mind: Buddhism and the Beat Generation*. Edited by Carole Tonkinson, with Introduction by Stephen Prothero
reviewed by Richard Hughes Seager buy this book 
The Book of Enlightened Masters: Western Teachers in Eastern Traditions *
By Andrew Rawlinson reviewed by David Kinsley
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The Buddhists in Australia
by Enid Adam & Philip J Hughes
Buddhism in Western Australia
by Enid Adam
reviewed by Helen Waterhouse
from: Journal of Buddhist Ethics Vol.3 1996
Buddhism and Christianity: a multicultural history of their dialogue
by Whalen Lai and Michael von Bruck
reviewed by David Loy
from: Buddhist-Christian Studies 23 (2003)
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Buddhism in a Foreign Land
by Robert Mann
reviewed by Amadeo Solé-Leris
This book is a collection of Dharma talks by the Theravadin teacher Robert Mann of The House of Inner Tranquility in Wiltshire, England. from Journal of Buddhist Ethics, Vol.3 1996
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Buddhism Under Capitalism
Edited by Richard. K. Payne and Fabio Rambelli.
Reviewed by Michael J. Walsh
Five authors explore how Buddhism spread due to globalized capitalism and neo-liberalism and their impact on today's perception of Buddhism.
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Buddhist Warfare
Michael K. Jerryson, Mark Juergensmeyer, eds.
"... Jerryson, Juergensmeyer and their co-authors have produced an extremely valuable, edifying collection which seriously challenges the images of “peacefulness” that Western Buddhists have tended to project onto the religion of their choice."
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Buddhism Without Beliefs: a contempory guide to awakening
by Stephen Batchelor
reviewed by Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi
“…an intelligent and eloquent attempt to articulate the premises of the emerging secular Buddhism and define the parameters of a dharma practice appropriate to the new situation.”
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reviewed by Urgyen Sangharakshita
"Though there is much in Batchelor's book that I find unacceptable and which I deplore, fortunately there is also much that is acceptable to me and in which I can rejoice."
A Critique of “Buddhism Without Beliefs”
A critical look at Steve Batchelor's book by Punnadhammo Bhikkhu
Buddhist Phenomenology: A Philosophical Investigation of Yogacara Buddhism and the Ch'eng Wei-shih Lun by Dan Lusthaus
reviewed by Charles Muller
Buddhist Philosophy: essential readings
by William Edelglass, Jay L. Garfield
reviewed by Eric S. Nelson buy this book
Buddha Recognizes Buddha
by Daishin Moran
reviewed by Vladimir K
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Buddhist Sutras: Origin, Development, Transmission* by Kogen Mizuno reviewed by Vladimir K.
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Cave Of Tigers: Modern Zen Encounters*
by John Daido Loori
reviewed by Vladimir K.
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The Ceasing of Notions: an early Zen text from the Dunhuang caves with selected comments*
Commentary by Soko Morinaga Roshi
reviewed by Vladimir K buy this book
Chinese and Buddhist Philosophy in early Twentieth-Century German Thought, by Eric S. Nelson, reviewed by Steven Burik, Global Intellectual History,, 1-3.
Crazy Ji: Chinese Religion and Popular Literature by Meir Shahar reviewed by Paul Katz
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Critical Buddhism: Engaging with Modern Japanese Buddhist Thought By James Mark Shields
Reviewed by Ronald S Green, Journal of Buddhist Ethics, Vol. 22, 2015
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Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Teachings of Shunryu Suzuki
by
David Chadwick buy this book
This link will take you to a site dedicated to Suzuki. Includes reviews, interviews, biography and a whole lot of other stuff. Too bad the site is so ugly. There's a review of this book by Eddy Street here.
Cultural Intersections in Later Chinese Buddhism Marsha Weidner, ed.
reviewed by John R McRae
source: H-Buddhism, H-Net Reviews, March, 2003
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A Day in the Life: Two Recent Works on Dogen's
Shōbōgenzō Gyoji [Sustained Practice] Fascicle
Heine reviews 2 books on this, Ishi Shudo's Shobogenzo [Gyoji] ni manabu and Yasuraoka Kosaku's Shobogenzo [Gyoji] jo from Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 35/2: 363-371
Dipa Ma-The Life and Legacy of a Buddhist Master*
by Amy Schmidt
reviewed by Lindsay K. Buy this book
Dogen and the Koan Tradition: A Tale of Two Shõbõgenzõ
Texts
by Steven Heine; reviewed by Joseph S. O'Leary
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 21/1 buy this book
Dogen's Genjo Koan: Three Commentaries*
by Mel Weitsman, Michael Wenger, Shohaku Okumura
reviewed by Vladimir K. buy this book
Dogen's Manuals of Zen Meditation
by Carl Bielefeldt
reviewed by Ryuichi Abe buy this book
Dream Conversations on Buddhism and Zen by Muso Kokushi
translated and edited by Thomas Cleary
reviewed by Fred H Martinson
from: Journal of Chinese Philosophy 22:1 1995.03 PP.99-101 buy this book
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Eihei Dōgen – Mystical Realist *
Revised, 3rd edition,
by Hee-jin Kim
reviewed by M. T. Jarvis
from Journal of Buddhist Ethics
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The Eminent Monk: Buddhist Ideals in Medieval Chinese Hagiography
by John Kieschnick
A brief review by Eric Reinders, Journal of Buddhist Ethics, Volume 5 1998
reviewed by Robert Ford Campany buy this book
Emptiness Appraised: a critical study of Nagarjuna's philosophy
by David F. Burton
reviewed by William Edelglass buy this book
The Emptiness of Emptiness: An introduction to Early Indian Madhyamika
by C. W. Huntington, Jr
reviewed by Frederivk J. Streng buy this book
Entangling Vines: Zen Koans of the Shūmon Kattōshū
by Thomas Yūhō Kirchner
reviewed by Taigen Dan Leighton, Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 33/1 (2006) buy this book
Fire Monks: Zen Mind Meets Wildfire at the Gates of Tassajara
by Colleen Morton Busch
reviewed by Vladimir K buy this book
The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way:
Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika*
by Jay L. Garfield
reviewed by Mark Siderits buy this book
The Golden Age of Zen: Zen Masters of the T'ang Dynasty by John C. Wu,
with an Introduction by Thomas Merton buy this book
reviewed by Frank J Hoffman
Great Fool: Zen Master:
Ryõkan, Poems, Letters, and Other Writings
by Ryoichi Abé and Peter Haskel
reviewed by Burton Watson from Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 24/1-2 Buy this book
Healing Deconstruction: Postmodern Thought in Buddhism and Christianity
edited by David Loy
reviewed by Mark D. Wood buy this book
The Zen Canon: Understanding the Classic Texts*
edited by Steven Heine & Dale S. Wright
reviewed by Vladimir K. buy this book
Zen Comments on the Mumonkan* by Zenkai Shibayama
reviewed by M. Kiyota
from The Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Vol 1, No. 2, 1979
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Zen Enlightenment: Origins and Meaning*
By Heinrich Dumoulin
reviewed by Vladimir K. buy this book
Zen Explained by Richard Hathaway
reviewed by Sandy Dance
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Zen Keys: a guide to Zen Practice* by Thich Nhat Hanh
reviewed by Frank J Hoffman buy this book
Zen Koans: recent works on the Zen koan:
Opening A Mountain: Kōans Of The Zen Masters by Steven Heine
Kōan: Texts And Contexts In Zen Buddhism edited by Steven Heine and Dale S. Wright
reviewed by Eric Sean Nelson
from: Buddhist-Christian Studies 24.1 (2004)
Zen Masters of Japan: The Second Step East *
Richard Bryan McDaniel
reviewed by Vladimir K buy this book
Zen at War* by Brian Daizen A. Victoria buy this book
reviewed by Vladimir K.
reviewed by Fabio Rambelli
another review byJosh Baran
another review by David Loy
A debate about this book by some of Deshimaru's sangha and Brian Victoria is here. (This debate has been removed from the Deshimaru site and is no longer available.)
Jiun Kubota, who calls himself The 3rd Patriarch of the Religious Foundation Sanbo-kyodan offered an apology for Haku'un Yasutani Roshi's support of WWII and his anti-semitism.
Kemmyō Taira Satō: D. T. Suzuki and the Question of War contradicts many of Victoria's assertions about D T Suzuki.
see also Victoria's article Engaged Buddhism: a Skeleton in the Closet?
see also review by Professor Eric Sean Nelson
see also NYTimes article by Allan M. Jalon
Zen Past and Present by Eric Cunningham
A (very) short history of Zen aimed at the student market
reviewed by Vladimir K. buy this book
Zen Pivots by Sokei-An
reviewed by Vladimir K. buy this book
The Zen Poetry of Dogen: verses from the mountain of eternal peace
by Steven Heine reviewed by Taigen Dan Leighton
“…Heine's latest book provides a fine collection of translations of the poetry of the famed Japanese Zen monk Eihei Dogen. ” from Journal of Buddhist Ethics, Vol. 5, 1998 buy this book
Zen Radicals, Rebels and Reformers
by Perle Besserman and Manfred Steger
reviewed by Vladimir K. buy this book
Zen Sand: The Book of Capping Phrases for Koan Practice by Victor Sogen Hori buy this book
reviewed by Vladimir K.
reviewed by Jiang Wu from Journal of Buddhist Ethics
Zen Skin, Zen Marrow: Will the Real Zen Buddhism Please Stand Up? by Steven Heine *
reviewed by Helen J Beroni
Journal of Japanese Studies, Vol. 36, No. 1, winter 2010
reviewed by Victor Forte, Japanese Religions, Vol 34, No 1
reviewed by Vladimir K buy this book from Amazon
Zen Sourcebook: Traditional Documents from China, Korea, and Japan
Edited by Stephen Addiss, with Stanley Lombardo and Judith Roitman reviewed by Mario Poceski
Journal of the American Oriental Society (Apr-Jun 2009) buy this book from Amazon
Zen Teaching, Zen Practice: Philip Kapleau and The Three Pillars of Zen*
edited by Kenneth Kraft reviewed by Vladimir K
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The Zen Teachings of Homeless Kodo
by Kosho Uchiyama and Shohaku Okumura
reviewed by Vladimir K buy this book
Zen Teachings of Master Lin-Ji*
by Burton Watson reviewed by Urs App from
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 1994 (21/4)
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Zen Terror in Prewar Japan
by Brian Daizen Victoria reviewed by Vladimir K.
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Zen War Stories by Brian Victoria*
reviewed by Stephen Heine
reviewed by Allan M. Jalon
reviewed by Eric Sean Nelson
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Zen Women: beyond tea ladies, iron maidens and macho masters*
by Grace Schireson reviewed by Vladimir K buy this book
Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics*
Allan Hunt Badiner, Alex Grey (eds)
reviewed by Michael Ziegler
from Institute of Labor and Mental Health, Jan/Feb 2004
reviewed by Myron J. Stolaroff
from The Albert Hofmann Foundation, 2005
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* previous thezensite book selections of the month
Miscellaneous & Reading Lists
thezensite Zen Books Reading List: an extensive list of Zen books with links to reviews where applicable. The list is organized according to various topics similar to thezensite topics to help you navigate around. Although nobody can (or should try to) list all the Zen books available, I think this list goes some way to helping both scholars and students a place to begin.
Steven Heine's A Critical Survey of Works on Zen since Yampolsky An excellent survey of significant writings on Zen Buddhist studies since 1967. Includes a very useful bibliography of articles, books, monographs and theses of significant works. Highly recommended.
AMA Samy's Book recommendations:
a reading list which includes Zen, meditation and psychology. Includes links to some book reviews. The list can be downloaded as a pdf document.
Chapel Hill Zen Center recommended reading list. This group is led by Pat Phelan and is associated with Suzuki's San Francisco Zen Center.
Clouds in Water Zen Center: has an extensive recommended reading list. Clouds in Water center in St Paul, Minnesota is in the Dainin Katagiri lineage.
Dr. Ron Epstein's reading list for his "philosophy 501" university course. An interesting list with a great variety of readings. Books academics would read but of interest to Zen students.
Kenyon College in Ohio has an extensive Zen bibliography here as part of their Religious Study programme.
John Daido Loori has an extensive reading list here.
Everyone knows about Amazon but here are some other sources that may not be as well known. I'll add more as I find them. Note: I make no claims about any of these sites and provide links as a service to my readers. I recieve no money from any of these sites. Use them at your own risk.
Bagchee.com: a Delhi based bookseller. Includes rare and collectibles as well as multimedia products.
Eastern Books Corporation: This link will take you to their Buddhist section of over 1,000 books. Many other books also available. Based in India, so prices are most reasonable.
Inward Path Publishers: This Penang, Malaysia based publisher disseminates Buddhist books for FREE. You pay only the shipping costs.
Saujanya Books: based in New Delhi, this bookseller specialises in Tibetan, Buddhist, Muslim texts as well as other topics. It lists about 1855 Buddhist books alone. It distributes books in English, Sanskrit and Tibetan. And the prices, which include airmail shipping, are considerably cheaper than Amazon. Worthy of a browse.
Vedams Books from India: this link will take you to their Buddhist section. A huge selection of books available. Here is their home page.
