Suggested Reading

These Shin Buddhist books are available in our library:

• Zen-Shin Talks by Koshin Ogui
• Jodo Shinshu – A Guide by the Hongwanji
• Buddhism and Jodo Shinshu by the Buddhist Churches of America
• Shin Buddhism by D.T. Suzuki
• Dharma Breeze by Nobuo Haneda
• Thank You: Namo Amida Butsu by Chijun Yakumo
• Shinshu Seiten, Jodo Shin Buddhist Teaching by The Buddhist Churches of America
• A New Found Horizon, The Life of Shinran Shonin by Grace McLeod
• Jodo Shinshu: A Religion of Human Experience by Haruo Yamaoka

These books are not available in our library, but may still be of interest:

• Happiness by Matthieu Ricard
• The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh
• Be an Island – The Buddhist Practice of Inner Peace by Ayya Khema
• Letting Go of the Person You Used to Be by Lama Surya Das
• Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain by Sharon Begley
• Ocean by Kenneth K. Tanaka
• What Makes You Not a Buddhist by D. Jangyang Khyentse
• The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching by Thich Nhat Hahn
• Buddha for Beginners by Stephen T. Asma
• Being Nobody, Going Nowhere by Ayya Khena
• The Places That Scare You by Pema Chodron

• How to Practice Zazen by the Institute for Zen Studies
• A Glimpse into the Supreme Science of the Buddha by Egerton C. Baptist
• Everyday Suchness by Gyomay M. Kubose
• American Buddhism, A New Direction by the Venerable Gyomay M. Kubose
• The Myth of Freedom by Chogyam Trungpa
• The Buddha and His Teaching by Ernest Hunt
• Naturalness by Kenryo Kanamatsu
• Buddhism by Christmas Humphreys
• Why Pursue the Buddha by Gibun Kimura
• The Gospel of Buddha by Paul Carus
• The Zen Teaching of Rinzai by Irmgard Schloegl
• The Heart of the Buddha-Dharma by Kenryu T. Tsuji
• The Wheel of Death by Philip Kapleau
• A Simple Path by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
• Tariki – Embracing Despair, Discovering Peace by Hiroyuki Itsuki
• The Art of Happiness by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler
• How to Practice by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
• The Teaching of Buddha by Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai
• River of Fire, River of Water by Taitetsu Unno
• Shambala, The Sacred Path of the Warrior by Chogyam Trungpa
• Buddhist Women On the Edge by Marianne Dresser
• Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
• Carrying the Torch of Mahayana Buddhism by the Seattle Buddhist Church
• A Guide to Buddhism by the International Buddhist Exchange Center
• America’s Concentration Camps by Allan R. Bosworth
• The Spirit of Buddhism Today by Koin Takada
• The Essence of Buddhism by John Walters
• Lotus in a Sea of Fire by Thich Nhat Hanh
• An Outline of Buddhism by Takashi Tsuji
• Buddha’s Words of Wisdom by G.F. Allen
• The Teaching of the Buddha by Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai
• Zen Buddhism by The Peter Pauper Press
• Zen Disctionary by Ernest Wood