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What to read after The Zen Reader by Thomas Cleary: 24 titles sharing themes of Zen, Rituals & Practice, Buddhism, and Philosophy, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

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Secrets of the Blue Cliff Record Zen Comments by Hakuin and Tenkei — Thomas Cleary

Secrets of the Blue Cliff Record Zen Comments by Hakuin and Tenkei

Themes: Zen • Rituals & Practice • Buddhism

The Buddha’s Guide to Gratitude The Life-Changing Power of Every Day Mindfulness — Becca Anderson

The Buddha’s Guide to Gratitude The Life-Changing Power of Every Day Mindfulness

Themes: Zen • Rituals & Practice • Buddhism

Buddhism Plain and Simple The Practice of Being Aware Right Now, Every Day — Steve Hagen

Buddhism Plain and Simple The Practice of Being Aware Right Now, Every Day

Themes: Zen • Rituals & Practice • Buddhism

Realizing Genjokoan The Key to Dogen’s Shobogenzo — Shohaku Okumura

Realizing Genjokoan The Key to Dogen’s Shobogenzo

Shohaku Okumura

Themes: Zen • Rituals & Practice • Buddhism

One Dharma The Emerging Western Buddhism — Joseph Goldstein

One Dharma The Emerging Western Buddhism

Joseph Goldstein

Themes: Zen • Rituals & Practice • Buddhism

Zen The Authentic Gate — Yamada Koun

Zen The Authentic Gate

Themes: Zen • Rituals & Practice • Buddhism

Master Dogen’s Shobogenzo — Dōgen

Master Dogen’s Shobogenzo

Themes: Zen • Rituals & Practice • Buddhism

The Art of Power — Thich Nhat Hanh

The Art of Power

Thich Nhat Hanh

Themes: Zen • Rituals & Practice • Buddhism

Buying Buddha, Selling Rumi Orientalism and the Mystical Marketplace — Sophia Rose Arjana

Buying Buddha, Selling Rumi Orientalism and the Mystical Marketplace

Sophia Rose Arjana

Themes: Zen • Rituals & Practice • Buddhism

Riding the Ox Home Stages on the Path of Enlightenment — John Daido Loori

Riding the Ox Home Stages on the Path of Enlightenment

John Daido Loori

Themes: Zen • Rituals & Practice • Buddhism

Zen Is Right Now More Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki, author of Zen Mind, Beginners Mind — Shunryu Suzuki

Zen Is Right Now More Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki, author of Zen Mind, Beginners Mind

Themes: Zen • Rituals & Practice • Buddhism

Zen and the Art of Anything — Hal W. French

Zen and the Art of Anything

Themes: Zen • Rituals & Practice • Buddhism

Dogen’s Extensive Record A Translation of the Eihei Koroku — Eihei Dogen

Dogen’s Extensive Record A Translation of the Eihei Koroku

Themes: Zen • Rituals & Practice • Buddhism

Hakuin on Kensho The Four Ways of Knowing — Albert Low

Hakuin on Kensho The Four Ways of Knowing

Themes: Zen • Rituals & Practice • Buddhism

At Home in the Muddy Water A Guide to Finding Peace within Everyday Chaos — Ezra Bayda

At Home in the Muddy Water A Guide to Finding Peace within Everyday Chaos

Themes: Zen • Rituals & Practice • Buddhism

Buddhism in the Global Eye Beyond East and West — John S. Harding

Buddhism in the Global Eye Beyond East and West

John S. Harding

Themes: Zen • Rituals & Practice • Buddhism

The Buddhist Handbook A Complete Guide to Buddhist Teaching and Practice — John Snelling

The Buddhist Handbook A Complete Guide to Buddhist Teaching and Practice

Themes: Zen • Rituals & Practice • Buddhism

The Diamond Sutra Transforming the Way We Perceive the World — Mu Soeng

The Diamond Sutra Transforming the Way We Perceive the World

Themes: Zen • Rituals & Practice • Buddhism

Complete Enlightenment Zen Comments on the Sutra of Complete Enlightenment — Chan Master Sheng Yen

Complete Enlightenment Zen Comments on the Sutra of Complete Enlightenment

Chan Master Sheng Yen

Themes: Zen • Rituals & Practice • Buddhism

Manual of Zen Buddhism — Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

Manual of Zen Buddhism

Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

Themes: Zen • Rituals & Practice • Buddhism

The Pocket Thich Nhat Hanh — Thich Nhat Hanh

The Pocket Thich Nhat Hanh

Thich Nhat Hanh

Themes: Zen • Rituals & Practice • Buddhism

A Bird in Flight Leaves No Trace The Zen Teaching of Huangbo with a Modern Commentary — Subul

A Bird in Flight Leaves No Trace The Zen Teaching of Huangbo with a Modern Commentary

Themes: Zen • Rituals & Practice • Buddhism

The Essence of Chan A Guide to Life and Practice according to the Teachings of Bodhidharma — Guo Gu

The Essence of Chan A Guide to Life and Practice according to the Teachings of Bodhidharma

Themes: Zen • Rituals & Practice • Buddhism

Zen Anarchism The Egalitarian Dharma of Uchiyama Gudō — Fabio Rambelli

Zen Anarchism The Egalitarian Dharma of Uchiyama Gudō

Themes: Zen • Rituals & Practice • Buddhism

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