 | Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Zen Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki by David Chadwick
Buy new: $16.20 / Used from: $4.20 It may be better to read the books by Shunryu Suzuki first. He is very well known and revered, as one of the first Zen teachers to come to this country. But he struggled with his personal life as we all do. Makes one wonder - what is enlightenment? It may help us forgive ourselves.
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 | Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (Shambhala Library) by Shunryu Suzuki
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $11.85 This is the Zen classic that Shunryu Suzuki is most well known for. Essential reading for those interested in meditation.
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 | Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen by Shunryu Suzuki
Buy new: $10.07 / Used from: $3.49 More brilliant writing by Zen Master, Shunyru Suzuki.
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 | Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness: Zen Talks on the Sandokai by Shunryu Suzuki
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $3.95 If his wisdom has touched you, you will probably want to keep reading.
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 | Shoes Outside the Door: Desire, Devotion, and Excess at San Francisco Zen Center by Michael Downing
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $2.11 A cautionary tale. A reminder that we're all living in human bodies.
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 | Crazy Wisdom (Dharma ocean series) by Chogyam Trungpa
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $10.00 Tibetan Buddhist Rinpoche, Chogyam Trungpa, coined the term "crazy wisdom." He was a pivotal figure of the sixties and seventies, associating with beats and early hippies. His life was short but his legacy lives on - Naropa University, Shambhala Sun magazine, volumes of writing, art, etc...
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 | Born In Tibet by Chogyam Trungpa
Buy new: $20.47 / Used from: $8.07 What a treasure to read this great Rinpoche's autobiography.
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 | Dragon Thunder: My Life with Chögyam Trungpa by Diana J. Mukpo
Buy used from: $10.83 A recent publication by Trungpa's wife, Diana J. Mukpo. They created great controversy when they wed - she was only sixteen. Their marriage was far from conventional.
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 | The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa, Volume 1: Born in Tibet - Meditation in Action - Mudra - Selected Writings by Chogyam Trungpa
Buy used from: $66.45 One day I hope to have all the collected works.
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 | The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa, Volume 2: The Path Is the Goal - Training the Mind - Glimpses of Abhidharma - Glimpses of Shunyata - Glimpses of Mahayana - Selected Writings by Chogyam Trungpa
Buy new: $32.97 / Used from: $30.00 |
 | The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa, Volume 3: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism - The Myth of Freedom - The Heart of the Buddha - Selected Writings by Chogyam Trungpa
Buy new: $37.96 / Used from: $28.97 Cutting through Spiritual Materialism is especially timely reading for today.
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 | The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa, Volume 4: Journey Without Goal - The Lion's Roar - The Dawn of Tantra - An Interview with Chogyam Trungpa by Chogyam Trungpa
Buy new: $36.46 / Used from: $22.50 |
 | The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa, Volume 5: Crazy Wisdom-Illusion's Game-The Life of Marpa the Translator (excerpts)-The Rain of Wisdom (excerpts)-The ... of Mahamudra (excerpts)-Selected Writings by Chogyam Trungpa
Buy new: $36.23 / Used from: $28.98 |
 | The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa, Volume 6: Glimpses of Space-Orderly Chaos-Secret Beyond Thought-The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Commentary-Transcending Madness-Selected Writings by Chogyam Trungpa
Buy new: $35.42 / Used from: $30.00 I like the titles: Glimpses of Space-Orderly Chaos.
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 | The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa, Volume 8: Great Eastern Sun - Shambhala - Selected Writings by Chogyam Trungpa
Buy new: $34.46 / Used from: $28.98 Shambhala is a more down to earth, secular form of Buddhism. The great lamas want to help everyone.
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 | Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies, & the Truth about Reality by Brad Warner
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $4.36 A great read.
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 | Collected Poems 1947-1997 by Allen Ginsberg
Buy new: $17.15 / Used from: $13.02 They're all here.
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 | Allen Ginsberg's Buddhist Poetics by Tony Trigilio
Buy new: $45.00 / Used from: $47.94 On my wish list.
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 | Dharma Lion: A Critical Biography of Allen Ginsberg by Michael Schumacher
Buy used from: $3.82 |
 | The Bop Apocalypse: The Religious Visions of Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs by John Lardas
Buy new: $50.00 / Used from: $32.84 More connections.
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 | The Dharma Bums (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Jack Kerouac
Buy new: $9.75 / Used from: $8.66 |
 | Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha by Jack Kerouac
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $4.29 |
 | Dharma Punx by Noah Levine
Buy new: $10.07 / Used from: $6.99 How someone got from here to there. Highly recommended for generation x.
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 | Zen Wrapped in Karma Dipped in Chocolate: A Trip Through Death, Sex, Divorce, and Spiritual Celebrity in Search of the True Dharma by Brad Warner
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $5.23 I haven't read this one yet, but will have to.
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 | Street Zen: The Life and Work of Issan Dorsey by David Schneider
Buy used from: $3.10 I can't even begin to describe how moving this book is. It defines unconditional love. Could the drunk or drug addict who you know be a buddha?
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