A philosopher asked Buddha: `Without words, without the wordless, will you you tell me truth?'
The Buddha kept silence.
The philosopher bowed and thanked the Buddha, saying: `With your loving kindness I have cleared away my delusions and entered the true path.'
After the philosopher had gone, Ananda asked the Buddha what he had attained.
The Buddha replied, `A good horse runs even at the shadow of the whip.'
~zen koan

RECOMMENDED READING

BOOKS

Note: Books can be purchased from the Seminary Co-op bookstore located in Hyde Park.
  • Three Pillars of Zen, Roshi Philip Kapleau
  • Tibetan Book of the Dead, W.Y. Evans-Wentz
  • Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines, W.Y. Evans-Wentz
  • Tao Te Ching, Lao-Tsu, trans. Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English
  • The Experience of Insight, Joseph Goldstein
  • Loving-Kindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness, Sharon Salzberg
  • Bhagavad-Gita
  • Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, Shunryu Suzuki
  • Essence of Buddhism, Traleg Kaybgon Rinpoche
  • When Things Fall Apart, Pema Chodron
  • Start Where You Are, Pema Chodron
  • The Heart of the Buddha's Teachings, Thich Nhat Hahn
  • Peace is in Every Step, Thich Nhat Hahn
  • The Art of Happiness, Dalai Lama
  • What is Meditation: Buddhism for Everyone, Robert Nairn
  • The Myth of Freedom and they Way of Meditation, Chogyam Trungpa
  • The Path is the Goal: A Basic Handbook of Buddhist Meditation, Chogyam Trungpa

WEB READING

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