Recommended Reading

The 3 steps of starting a Zen Practice

1. Quit reading and start sitting
   
2. Find a teacher
   
3. Continue sitting

Once you have established a regular meditation practice and joined a Sanga (have become a temple member) then restart reading.

The Kyosaku by Reverend Soyu Matsuoka Roshi
available only through the Atlanta Soto Zen Center

Moku-Rai by Reverend Soyu Matsouka Roshi
available only through the Atlanta Soto Zen Center

Shobgenzo-zuimonki by Eihei Dogen Zenji recorded by Koun Ejo

The Denkoroku by Zen Master Keizan Jokin

Zen is Eternal Life by Jiyu Kennett, Roshi
(Previously published as Selling Water By The River)

The Three Pillars of Zen by Philip Kapleau, Roshi

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness by Shunryu Suzuki, Roshi

Zen flesh, Zen Bones by Paul Reps

Being Zen by Ezra Bayda

To Shine One Corner Of The World by Shunryu Suzuki, Roshi

The Zen teachings of “Homeless” Kodo by Kosho Uchiyama, Roshi

The Buddhist Handbook by John Snelling

Soto Zen by Keido Chisan Koho Zenji

Zen Meditation in Plain English by John Daishin Buksbazen

The Wild White Goose by Roshi Jiyu Kennett

Zen Training by KatsuikiSekida

The Life & Work of Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Zen Pioneer by Isabel Sterling

Roar of the Tigress by Rev. Jiyu-Kennett

The Shack by William P. Young

Living Buddha, Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hanh