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Below are the best books we could find on Zen Meditation and zen buddhism.

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Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few." So begins this most beloved of all American Zen books. Seldom has such a small handful of words provided a teaching as rich as has this famous opening line of Shunryu Suzuki's classic.

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Shunryu Suzuki
2011
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What Is Zen? Plain Talk for a Beginner’s Mind

This unique introduction to Zen teaching and practice is structured as a Q&A, making it a most useful reference for new and seasoned practitioners to look things up.

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Norman Fischer, Susan Moon
2016
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Let the Whole Thundering World Come Home: A Memoir

When longtime Zen practitioner and world-renowned writing teacher Natalie Goldberg learns that she has a life-threatening illness, she is plunged into the challenging realm of hospitals, physicians, unfamiliar medical treatments, and the intense reality of her own impermanence.

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Natalie Goldberg
2018
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Thank You and Ok!: An American Zen Failure in Japan

David Chadwick, a Texas-raised wanderer, college dropout, bumbling social activist, and hobbyhorse musician, began his study under Shunryu Suzuki Roshi in 1966. In 1988 Chadwick flew to Japan to begin a four-year period of voluntary exile and remedial Zen education.

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David Chadwick
2007
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Mountains and Rivers Sutra: Teachings by Norman Fischer

The Mountains and Rivers Sutra is one of 93 essays of Dogen, the great 13th century Zen Master, collected in a work called, The Shobogenzo. "Shobogenzo" means, "Treasury of the True Dharma Eye.

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Norman Fischer, Kuya Nora Minogue
2020
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When You Greet Me I Bow: Notes and Reflections from a Life in Zen

From beloved Zen teacher Norman Fischer, a collection of essays spanning a life of inquiry into Zen practice, relationship, social engagement, and spiritual creativity.

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Norman Fischer
2021
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