15 Top buddhism books like Master Ma's Ordinary Mind: The Sayings of Zen Master Mazu Daoyi by Fumio Yamada

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Master Ma's Ordinary Mind: The Sayings of Zen Master Mazu Daoyi

By: Fumio Yamada

4.12

Format: 134 pages, Kindle Edition

“Ordinary Mind is itself the Way,” said Mazu Daoyi. See what this master has to say—and discover th…

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1. The Ceasing of Notions: An Early Zen Text from the Dunhuang Caves with Selected Comments

By: Soko Morinaga , None , None , Michelle Bromley , Venerable Myokyo-Ni

4.35

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Among the writings from the Dunhuang Caves, discovered in the mid-twentieth Century, are the Zen eq… read more

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2. Joyful Wisdom: Embracing Change and Finding Freedom

By: Eric Swanson , None

4.36

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Yongey Mingyur is one of the most celebrated among the new generation of Tibetan meditation masters… read more

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3. The Zen Koan: Its History and Use in Rinzai Zen

By: Isshu Miura , Ruth Fuller Sasaki

4.50

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

The first scholarly examination in any language of the historical development and traditional metho… read more

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4. Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings

By: Nyogen Senzaki , Paul Reps

3.63

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

When Zen Flesh, Zen Boneswas published in 1957 it became an instant sensation with an entire genera… read more

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5. The Revolt of the Masses

By: José Ortega y Gasset

4.00

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

Social upheaval in early 20th-century Europe is the historical setting for this seminal study by th… read more

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6. The Silmarillion

By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien , Ted Nasmith

4.01

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s world. It is the an… read more

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"Nightingales sang about her wherever she went."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

"The dawn is brief and the day full often belies its promise."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

"All have their worth and each contributes to the worth of the others."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

"No ames demasiado la obra de tus manos ni las invenciones de tu corazón."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

7. The Dhammapada

By: Anonymous , Thich Nhat Hanh , None , None

3.43

Format: 42 pages, Paperback

The Dhammapada (Pali; Prakrit: dhmmpd Dhammapada; Sanskrit: dhrmpd Dharmapada) is a collection of s… read more

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8. The Way of the Bodhisattva: A Translation of the Bodhicharyavatara

By: Dalai Lama XIV , Padmakara Translation Group , Śāntideva

3.96

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

One of the great classics of Mahayana Buddhism, The Way of the Bodhisattva ( Bodhicharyavatara) is … read more

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9. The Aeneid

By: Virgil , Robert Fitzgerald

4.50

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

The Aeneid (play /@'ni:Id/; Latin: Aeneis [aj'ne:is]--the title is Greek in form: genitive case Aen… read more

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10. The Three Pillars of Zen

By: Philip Kapleau

3.61

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

Through explorations of the three pillars of Zen--teaching, practice, and enlightenment--Roshi Phil… read more

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11. Bankei Zen: Translations from the Record of Bankei

By: None , None

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

The eccentric Bankei has long been an underground hero in the world of Zen. At a time when Zen was … read more

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12. The Decline of the West

By: Oswald Spengler , None

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

Since its first publication in two volumes between 1918-1923, The Decline of the Westhas ranked as … read more

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13. The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā

By: Nāgārjuna , Jay L. Garfield

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Buddhist saint Nagarjuna, who lived in South India in approximately the second century CE, is u… read more

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14. No Country for Old Men

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

Alternate Cover Edition for ISBN # - 9780375706677 In his blistering new novel, Cormac McCarthy ret… read more

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15. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

By: Charles Duhigg

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593243916. Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the … read more

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"Strong leaders didn't help people align. In fact, groups with a dominant leader had the least amount of neural synchrony."

-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

"To communicate with someone, we must connect with them. When we absorb what someone is saying and they comprehend what we say, it's because our brains have, to some degree, aligned."

-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

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16. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

By: David Graeber

4.20

Format: 692 pages, Hardcover

A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions abo… read more

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"Humans - from this other perspective, which is just as extreme in its own way - are at best an arbitrary constellation of cultural elements, perhaps assembled according to some prevailing spirit, cod…"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

"One might ask, how could that most basic element of all human freedoms, the freedom to make promises and commitments and thus build relationships, be turned into its very opposite: into peonage, serf…"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

"There is an obvious objection to evolutionary models which assume that our strongest social ties are based on close biological kinship: many humans just don’t like their families very much. And this …"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

"In the Middle Ages, most people in other parts of the world who actually knew anything about northern Europe at all considered it an obscure and uninviting backwater full of religious fanatics who, a…"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

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17. The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

By: Gabor Maté

4.32

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

By the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the c… read more

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18. Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Buddhist Master Hongzhi

By: Yi Wu Hongzhi

4.54

Format: 119 pages, Paperback

First to articulate the meditation method known to contemporary Zen practitioners as shikantaza ("j… read more

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19. A Monk’s Guide to A Clean House & Mind

By: Shoukei Matsumoto

3.59

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

Cleanliness is next to enlightenment. In this Japanese bestseller a Buddhist monk explains the trad… read more

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"What people see in a garden is a reflection of what is in their heart."

-Shoukei Matsumoto, A Monk’s Guide to A Clean House & Mind

"When ironing, visualize yourself ironing out the wrinkles in your heart."

-Shoukei Matsumoto, A Monk’s Guide to A Clean House & Mind

"CUTTING YOUR HAIR AT REGULAR INTERVALS IS A WAY TO HONE YOUR SELF-DISCIPLINE."

-Shoukei Matsumoto, A Monk’s Guide to A Clean House & Mind

"Cleanliness is close to enlightenment, and so is a clean mouth with a fresh breath."

-Shoukei Matsumoto, A Monk’s Guide to A Clean House & Mind

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20. Introducing Jung: A Graphic Guide (Graphic Guides)

By: Maggie Hyde

3.70

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

'Clever and witty.' Susie Orbach, Guardian Carl Gustav Jung was the enigmatic and controversial fat… read more

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21. Realizing Genjokoan: The Key to Dogen's Shobogenzo

By: Shohaku Okumura

4.62

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Dogen, the thirteenth-century Zen master who founded the Japanese Soto school of Zen, is renowned a… read more

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22. Dogen: Japan's Original Zen Teacher (Lives of the Masters)

By: Steven Heine

4.33

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

An essential introduction to the life, writings, and legacy of one of Japan's most prolific Buddhis… read more

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23. The Other Side of Nothing: The Zen Ethics of Time, Space, and Being

By: Brad Warner

4.39

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A reader-friendly guide to Zen Buddhist ethics for modern times In the West, Zen Buddhism has a re… read more

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24. Being-Time: A Practitioner's Guide to Dogen's Shobogenzo Uji

By: Shinshu Roberts

4.22

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A tour-de-force guide to Zen Master Dogen’s most subtle and sophisticated philosophical that being… read more

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25. The Admonitions and Encouraging Words of Master Guishan: Text and Commentary

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

4.57

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Thich Nhat Hanh's translation and commentary for a Buddhist text that has been long considered one … read more

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26. McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality

By: Ronald E. Purser

3.68

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A lively and razor-sharp critique of mindfulness as it has been enthusiastically co-opted by corpor… read more

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"Individual happiness seems hollow unless all human beings are free of oppression, poverty, and violence — as well as free to speak and act in the public sphere. This doesn’t mean we have to be misera…"

-Ronald E. Purser, McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality

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27. Master Ma's Ordinary Mind: The Sayings of Zen Master Mazu Daoyi

By: Fumio Yamada

4.12

Format: 134 pages, Kindle Edition

“Ordinary Mind is itself the Way,” said Mazu Daoyi. See what this master has to say—and discover th… read more

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28. The Mountains and Waters Sutra: A Practitioner's Guide to Dogen's "Sansuikyo"

By: Shohaku Okumura

4.72

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

An indispensible map of a classic Zen text. “Mountains and waters are the expression of old buddha… read more

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29. Dogen's Shobogenzo Zuimonki: The New Annotated Translation―Also Including Dogen's Waka Poetry with Commentary

By: Dōgen

4.45

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The clearest and most approachable teachings from Dogen, the most famous thinker and writer in Zen … read more

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30. Master Dogen's Zazen Meditation Handbook: A Translation of Eihei Dogen's Bendowa: A Discourse on the Practice of Zazen

By: Dōgen

4.60

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

"Dogen's famous text on Zen practice comes alive in the hands of a modern meditation master." --Car… read more

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31. Deepest Practice, Deepest Wisdom: Three Fascicles from Shobogenzo with Commentary

By: Kosho Uchiyama

4.48

Format: 387 pages, Kindle Edition

Insightful commentary on a beloved ancient philosopher of Zen by a beloved contemporary master of Z… read more

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16 must-read philosophy books like The Other Side of Nothing: The Zen Ethics of Time, Space, and Being by Brad Warner

Transform Your Habits

Each Moment Is the Universe: Zen and the Way of Being Time

Dainin Katagiri , Andrea Martin

4.29

Transform Your Habits

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

Shunryu Suzuki , Huston Smith , Trudy Dixon , Richard Baker

4.21

Transform Your Habits

The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

Alan W. Watts

3.00

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Being Peace (Being Peace, #1)

Thich Nhat Hanh , Arnold Kotler

3.66

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