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Liturgy
2021 Zen DownEast Liturgy Book
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Finding Peace
“Finding Peace”, an essay by Diane Shoshin Fitzgerald
published in Zen Teachings in Challenging Times, Temple Ground Press 2018
published in Zen Teachings in Challenging Times, Temple Ground Press 2018
Books and more
Books, Podcasts, and Movies
Books
What is Zen? - Norman Fischer and Susan Moon
This is an excellent introduction to Zen. It’s in the form of a Q&A session. The Audible version is read by Norman and Susan and is excellent as well.
Zen Meditation in Plain English - John Daishin Buksbazen
One of the best how-to-do-it books on zazen.
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind - Shunryu Suzuki
Suzuki Roshi delivered Dogen to America with subtlety and grace.
Appreciate Your Life: The Essence of Zen Practice - Taizan Maezumi Roshi
Teishos by another Japanese Zen pioneer. The teacher of a number of great teachers.
Everyday Zen - Charlotte Joko Beck
Strong, amazing teacher who was one of Maezumi’s students.
When Things Fall Apart - Pema Chodron
Not Zen but a teacher in another Buddhist discipline that brings the same message.
Ending the Pursuit of Happiness: A Zen Guide - Barry Magid
Barry clearly articulates that Zen is not a self-improvement course.
Opening The Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice - Kosho Uchiyama Roshi
The book on shikantaza and a good introduction to Dogen, the founder of the Soto school of Zen.
The Zen Way of Recovery - Laura Borges
Laura is a teacher in the San Francisco Zen Center lineage and writes about her Zen practice and her struggle with alcoholism and recovery.
This is an excellent introduction to Zen. It’s in the form of a Q&A session. The Audible version is read by Norman and Susan and is excellent as well.
Zen Meditation in Plain English - John Daishin Buksbazen
One of the best how-to-do-it books on zazen.
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind - Shunryu Suzuki
Suzuki Roshi delivered Dogen to America with subtlety and grace.
Appreciate Your Life: The Essence of Zen Practice - Taizan Maezumi Roshi
Teishos by another Japanese Zen pioneer. The teacher of a number of great teachers.
Everyday Zen - Charlotte Joko Beck
Strong, amazing teacher who was one of Maezumi’s students.
When Things Fall Apart - Pema Chodron
Not Zen but a teacher in another Buddhist discipline that brings the same message.
Ending the Pursuit of Happiness: A Zen Guide - Barry Magid
Barry clearly articulates that Zen is not a self-improvement course.
Opening The Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice - Kosho Uchiyama Roshi
The book on shikantaza and a good introduction to Dogen, the founder of the Soto school of Zen.
The Zen Way of Recovery - Laura Borges
Laura is a teacher in the San Francisco Zen Center lineage and writes about her Zen practice and her struggle with alcoholism and recovery.
Podcasts
Everyday Dharma Talks - Norman Fischer and his Everyday Zen groups
The Zen Studies Podcast - Domyo Burke
She offers an excellent series of introductory talks: “Ten Fields of Zen Practice”
San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Talks from an interesting mix of old and new teachers from SFZC.
Simplicity Zen Podcast
These are interviews with contemporary Zen teachers from various lineages.
The Zen Studies Podcast - Domyo Burke
She offers an excellent series of introductory talks: “Ten Fields of Zen Practice”
San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
Talks from an interesting mix of old and new teachers from SFZC.
Simplicity Zen Podcast
These are interviews with contemporary Zen teachers from various lineages.
Movies
How to Cook Your Life
Documentary featuring Zen teacher Edward Espey Brown.
Instructions to the Cook. A Zen Master's Recipe for Living a Life that Matters
Documentary featuring Zen teacher Bernie Glassman.
Amongst White Clouds
Documentary about the Zen hermits in the mountains of China. Many are survivors of Mao and the Cultural Revolution.
Enlightenment Guaranteed
Fiction made by the director who made “How to Cook Your Life”. Although fiction, it does capture some Zen essence and the experience of sesshin.
One Mind
A rare cinematic portrait of life inside one of China’s most austere and revered Zen communities.
Perfect Days
Not a Zen film per se, but it captures the essence of Zen practice. Here is one review: “This picture is a soothing meditation on the way one man finds meaning and joy in life, even in mundane circumstances, by cultivating love and reverence for all of humanity and nature through the quality of his attention. The glimpses into Hirayama’s days reveal what we lose when we let meaningless distractions consume us. As our technology constantly divides our focus, sapping our precious time and all but destroying our ability to fully appreciate our breathtakingly brief and inexplicable existence, the film is an elegant and sublimely understated insistence that in a sense the most important thing is not what one does for a living or how much one owns, but rather one's ability to slow down enough to experience life’s gifts, moment to moment to moment.”
Documentary featuring Zen teacher Edward Espey Brown.
Instructions to the Cook. A Zen Master's Recipe for Living a Life that Matters
Documentary featuring Zen teacher Bernie Glassman.
Amongst White Clouds
Documentary about the Zen hermits in the mountains of China. Many are survivors of Mao and the Cultural Revolution.
Enlightenment Guaranteed
Fiction made by the director who made “How to Cook Your Life”. Although fiction, it does capture some Zen essence and the experience of sesshin.
One Mind
A rare cinematic portrait of life inside one of China’s most austere and revered Zen communities.
Perfect Days
Not a Zen film per se, but it captures the essence of Zen practice. Here is one review: “This picture is a soothing meditation on the way one man finds meaning and joy in life, even in mundane circumstances, by cultivating love and reverence for all of humanity and nature through the quality of his attention. The glimpses into Hirayama’s days reveal what we lose when we let meaningless distractions consume us. As our technology constantly divides our focus, sapping our precious time and all but destroying our ability to fully appreciate our breathtakingly brief and inexplicable existence, the film is an elegant and sublimely understated insistence that in a sense the most important thing is not what one does for a living or how much one owns, but rather one's ability to slow down enough to experience life’s gifts, moment to moment to moment.”