Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
By: Red Pine
4.62
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Including nine new translations from the first thousand years of Zen, this collection of sacred Bud…
Want to Read $ 11.99If you liked the buddhism plot in Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years by Red Pine , here is a list of 14 books like this:
1. Returning to Silence: Zen Practice in Daily Life (Shambhala Dragon Editions)
By: Dainin Katagiri , None , None
4.21
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
A renowned Zen teacher and contemporary of Shunryu Suzuki explores the many pillars of Zen spiritua… read more
Want to Read $ 18.99Similar categories in Dainin Katagiri's Returning to Silence: Zen Practice in Daily Life (Shambhala Dragon Editions) book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
- buddhism
- spirituality
- zen
"Buddha is not divine. Buddha is your daily life."-Dainin Katagiri, Returning to Silence: Zen Practice in Daily Life (Shambhala Dragon Editions)
2. What the Buddha Taught
By: Walpola Rahula , None
4.18
Format: 151 pages, Paperback
This indispensable volume is a lucid and faithful account of the Buddha’s teachings. “For years,” s… read more
Want to Read $ 8.83Similar categories in Walpola Rahula's What the Buddha Taught book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
- buddhism
- spirituality
- zen
"Whatever is impermanent is dukkha’ (Yad aniccaṃ taṃ dukkhaṃ)."-Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught
"You may see the light, but the light is not the result of your eyesight."-Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught
"Mere suffering exists, but no sufferer is found; The deed are, but no doer is found."-Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught
"The name one gives is inessential. What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by other name would smell as sweet."-Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught
3. Picnic at Hanging Rock
By: Joan Lindsay
3.67
Format: 189 pages, Paperback
It was a cloudless summer day in the year nineteen hundred. Everyone at Appleyard College for Yo… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Joan Lindsay's Picnic at Hanging Rock book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
"Thinking's all right if you have the time for it."-Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock
"At every step the prospect ahead grew more enchanting with added detail of crenellated crags and lichen-patterned stone. Now a mountain laurel glossy above the dogwood's dusty silver leaves, now a da…"-Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock
"Although we are necessarily concerned, in a chronicle of events, with physical action by the light of day, history suggests that the human spirit wanders farthest in the silent hours between midnight…"-Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock
"And now, at last, after a lifetime of linoleum and asphalt and Axminster carpets, the heavy flat-footed woman trod the springing earth. Born fifty-seven years ago in a suburban wilderness of smoke-gr…"-Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock
4. The Left Hand of Darkness
By: Ursula K. Le Guin , Lech Jęczmyk
4.10
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human… read more
Want to Read $ 8.99Similar categories in Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
"The king was pregnant."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
"Truth is a matter of the imagination."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
"The light is the left hand of darkness"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
"Science fiction is not prescriptive; it is descriptive."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
5. Invisible Man
By: Ralph Ellison
3.91
Format: 581 pages, Paperback
First published in 1952 and immediately hailed as a masterpiece, Invisible Man is one of those rare… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
"When I discover who I am, I’ll be free."-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
"You're very insistent, but I'm very busy."-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
"They could laugh at him but they couldn't ignore him"-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
"I could hardly get to sleep for dreaming of revenge."-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
6. Tao Te Ching
By: Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe
4.30
Format: 107 pages, Paperback
A lucid translation of the well-known Taoist classic by a leading scholar-now in a Shambhala Pocket… read more
Want to Read $ 10.99Similar categories in Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
- buddhism
- spirituality
"The heart that gives, gathers."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"Love is a decision - not an emotion!"-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"When nothing is done, nothing is left undone."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
7. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
By: Shunryu Suzuki , Huston Smith , Trudy Dixon , Richard Baker
4.21
Format: 138 pages, Paperback
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.” So begins… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Shunryu Suzuki's Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
- buddhism
- spirituality
- zen
"Waves are the practice of the water."-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
"Sincerity itself is the railroad track."-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
"You do not say, “This is enlightenment,"-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
"Zen practice is to open up our small mind."-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
8. Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha
By: Thich Nhat Hanh , Nguyen Thi Hop , Mobi Ho
4.41
Format: 600 pages, Paperback
Presenting the life and teachings of Gautama Buddha, drawn directly from 24 Pali, Sanskrit, and Chi… read more
Want to Read $ 16.99Similar categories in Thich Nhat Hanh's Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
- buddhism
- spirituality
- zen
"To be loved means to be recognized as existing."-Thich Nhat Hanh, Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha
"Everything depends on everything else. The One contains the many, and the many contains the One"-Thich Nhat Hanh, Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha
"You cannot reach lofty heights in art if you do not first discover the unsurpassable beauty in your own heart. If you would like to play the flute truly well, you must find your true self on the Path…"-Thich Nhat Hanh, Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha
"He saw that the key to liberation would be to break through ignorance and to enter deeply into the heart of reality and attain a direct experience of it. Such knowledge would not be the knowledge of …"-Thich Nhat Hanh, Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha
9. Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
By: None , Bela Shayevich
4.29
Format: 192 pages,
From the 2015 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Svetlana Alexievich, comes the first English… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in None's Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
10. This is It & Other Essays on Zen & Spiritual Experience
By: Alan W. Watts
5.00
Format: 64 pages,
The six essays in this volume all deal with the relationship of mystical experience to ordinary lif… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Alan W. Watts's This is It & Other Essays on Zen & Spiritual Experience book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
- buddhism
- spirituality
- zen
11. Freedom from the Known
By: J. Krishnamurti
3.21
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Krishnamurti shows how people can free themselves radically and immediately from the tyranny of the… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in J. Krishnamurti's Freedom from the Known book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
- spirituality
12. Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
By: John G. Neihardt , Black Elk
4.37
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The most important aspect of this book is upon the contemporary generation of young Indians who hav… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in John G. Neihardt's Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
- spirituality
13. On the Incarnation
By: C.S. Lewis , Athanasius of Alexandria , None
3.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
A universally acknowledged masterpiece of fourth-century patristic theology. As C. S. Lewis observe… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in C.S. Lewis's On the Incarnation book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
14. The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse
By: Red Pine , None
3.95
Format: 315 pages, Paperback
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Red Pine's The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
15. The Epic of Gilgamesh
By: Anonymous , N.K. Sandars
3.74
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilg… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Anonymous's The Epic of Gilgamesh book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
"As for man, his days are numbered, whatever he might do, it is but wind."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"Now let the gate of sorrow be closed behind me, and let it be sealed with tar and pitch."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"Gilgamesh was called a god and a man; Enkidu was an animal and a man. It is the story of their becoming human together."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"When all the illusions of personal immortality are stripped away, there is only the act to maintain the freedom to act."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
16. The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
By: Thich Nhat Hanh
4.32
Format: 294 pages, Paperback
With poetry and clarity, Thich Nhat Hanh imparts comforting wisdom about the nature of suffering an… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Thich Nhat Hanh's The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
- buddhism
- spirituality
- zen
"Everything is in your own heart."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
"The greatest miracle is to be alive."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
"Equanimity means to let go, not to abandon."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
"The greatest gift we can offer anyone is our true presence."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
17. The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell
By: Aldous Huxley
2.83
Format: None pages, Paperback
As only he can, Aldous Huxley explores the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
18. 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
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Nāgārjuna's The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
19. The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
By: Philip B. Yampolsky , Hui-Neng , None
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
The "Platform Sutra" records the teachings of Hui-neng, the Sixth Patriarch, who is revered as one … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Philip B. Yampolsky 's The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
20. The Zen Teaching of Huang Po: On the Transmission of Mind
By: John Blofeld , None , None
4.47
Format: 907 pages, Paperback
This complete translation of the original collection of sermons, dialogues, and anecdotes of Huang … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in John Blofeld's The Zen Teaching of Huang Po: On the Transmission of Mind book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
21. The Bhagavad Gita
By: Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa , Juan Mascaró , None
4.20
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
The Bhagavad Gitais an intensely spiritual work that forms the cornerstone of the Hindu faith, and … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa's The Bhagavad Gita book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
22. The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History
By: Serhii Plokhy
4.30
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
An authoritative history of Europe’s largest military conflict since World War II, from the New Yor… read more
Want to Read $ 14.76Similar categories in Serhii Plokhy's The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
"Despite its imperial roots, the current war is being waged in a new international environment defined by the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the disintegration of the post–Cold War international or…"-Serhii Plokhy, The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History
23. How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
By: Michael Pollan
4.27
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Could psychedelic drugs change our worldview? One of America's most admired writers takes us on a m… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Michael Pollan's How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
- spirituality
"The opposite of spiritual is not material but egotistical."-Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
"Normal waking consciousness feels perfectly transparent, and yet it is less a window on reality than the product of our imaginations-a kind of controlled hallucination."-Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
"Nature does in fact teem with subjectivities — call them spirits if you like — other than our own; it is only the human ego, with its imagined monopoly on subjectivity, that keeps us from recognizing…"-Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
"The philosophical implications of "predictive coding" are deep and strange. The model suggests that our perceptions of the world offer us not a literal transcription of reality but rather a seamless …"-Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
24. Losing Ourselves: Learning to Live without a Self
By: Jay L. Garfield
4.06
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Why you don't have a self--and why that's a good thing In Losing Ourselves, Jay Garfield, a … read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Jay L. Garfield's Losing Ourselves: Learning to Live without a Self book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
- buddhism
- spirituality
25. 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
Want to Read $ 21.99Similar categories in Steven Heine's Dogen: Japan's Original Zen Teacher (Lives of the Masters) book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
- buddhism
- zen
26. The Circle of the Way: A Concise History of Zen from the Buddha to the Modern World
By: Barbara O'Brien
4.28
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
A comprehensive, accessible guide to the fascinating history of Zen Buddhism--including important f… read more
Want to Read $ 15.99Similar categories in Barbara O'Brien's The Circle of the Way: A Concise History of Zen from the Buddha to the Modern World book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
- buddhism
- zen
27. A Temporary Affair: Talks on Awakening and Zen
By: David Radin
4.71
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
This collection of genuine teachings resonates with an authenticity that comes from Yoshin's many y… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in David Radin's A Temporary Affair: Talks on Awakening and Zen book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
- buddhism
- spirituality
"Very simple, this Zen stuff: if you want to have a pleasant inner state, you should cultivate a pleasant inner state."-David Radin, A Temporary Affair: Talks on Awakening and Zen
"The first thing you find when you take up meditation is that you are face to face with your own insanity. ... People leave meditation practice because they are unable to bear the pain and the insult."-David Radin, A Temporary Affair: Talks on Awakening and Zen
"Whether you are CEO of a corporation or a garbage collector, whether you are an opera singer or a dishwasher, you are united because you can look inside and see yourself. You do not see people differ…"-David Radin, A Temporary Affair: Talks on Awakening and Zen
28. Approaching the Buddhist Path (1) (The Library of Wisdom and Compassion)
By: Dalai Lama XIV
4.44
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
The first volume in a multi-volume collection presenting the Dalai Lama’s comprehensive explanation… read more
Want to Read $ 17.99Similar categories in Dalai Lama XIV's Approaching the Buddhist Path (1) (The Library of Wisdom and Compassion) book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
- buddhism
- spirituality
"The fundamental nature of the mind is pure and stable. The innate, subtle mind of clear light, which is the basis of the cultivation of positive states of mind, is stable in that it continues eternal…"-Dalai Lama XIV, Approaching the Buddhist Path (1) (The Library of Wisdom and Compassion)
29. Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
By: Red Pine
4.62
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Including nine new translations from the first thousand years of Zen, this collection of sacred Bud… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
- buddhism
- spirituality
- zen
30. Noble Truths, Noble Path: The Heart Essence of the Buddha's Original Teachings (The Teachings of the Buddha)
By: Bhikkhu Bodhi
4.75
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
The renowned translator Bhikkhu Bodhi has crafted this anthology of suttas from the Samyutta Nikaya… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Bhikkhu Bodhi's Noble Truths, Noble Path: The Heart Essence of the Buddha's Original Teachings (The Teachings of the Buddha) book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
- buddhism
31. Choosing to Be Simple: Collected Poems of Tao Yuanming
By: Tao Yuanming
4.31
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Navigating the uncertainty of a divided China wracked by warfare and corruption, Tao Yuanming’s poe… read more
Want to Read $ 10.99Similar categories in Tao Yuanming's Choosing to Be Simple: Collected Poems of Tao Yuanming book and Red Pine's Zen Roots: The First Thousand Years
