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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.
The Kwan Um School of Zen recommended reading list. An extensive reading list which includes books by their master, Seung Sahn, books on Korean Zen, other Zen traditions, koan studies and sutras. Very comprehensive.
John Daido Loori has an extensive reading list here .
Liverpool Zen Group : an extensive (and eclectic) collection of recommended readings.
Unstructured Buddhist Bibliography : this site has over 3,000 Buddhist books listed, many with links to Amazon. It's just in alphabetical order so I don't know how one is to use this list. But here it is and I have no idea why an insurance company would publish such a list.
Book Sources
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.
HindiBooks : the link will take you to their Buddhist book section. Prices are in US$, Pound Sterling or Indian Rupees. This link will take you to their home page.
Inward Path Publishers : This Penang, Malaysia based publisher disseminates Buddhist books for FREE. You pay only the shipping costs. Their catalogue page is here .
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.