Zen Books

About this Episode

"Zen is a special transmission outside the scriptures, not depending on words and letters." With that in mind, Jundo and Kirk discuss Zen books: how to read them, what to read, and when to burn them.

• Treeleaf Zendo
• Bodhidharma (Wikipedia)
• Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
• Zen Flesh, Zen Bones
• Buddhism For Dummies
• Simple Guide to Zen Buddhism
• What Is Zen?: Plain Talk for a Beginner's Mind
• The Circle of the Way
• The Three Pillars of Zen
• Opening the Hand of Thought
• How to Cook Your Life
• The Zen Teaching of Homeless Kodo
• Realizing Genjokoan: The Key to Dogen's Shobogenzo

Theme music by Kiku Day.

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