This list is not meant to be official, comprehensive or definitive in any way. There is no particular order to the books listed save for the general subject headings:
Sections:
Zen Master Seung Sahn
Other Kwan Um School Teachers
Korean Soen
Zen Teaching and Teachers
Kong-An Study
The Buddha and His Teaching
Sutra Study
Other Buddhist Traditions
General Buddhism
Buddhist - Christian
Miscellaneous & Reference
Dropping Ashes On The Buddha - The Teaching of Zen Master Seung Sahn
edited by Stephan Mitchell (Grove Press, ISBN: 0-8021-3052-6).
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Only Don't Know by Zen Master Seung Sahn (Shambhala Dragon Editions,
ISBN 1-5706-2432-1).
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Ten Gates by Zen Master Seung Sahn (Primary Point Press, ISBN 0-9427-9501-6). Currently out of print.
Compass of Zen by Zen Master Seung Sahn, (Shambhala Dragon Editions, ISBN 1-5706-2329-5).
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The Whole World Is A Single Flower - 365 Kong-ans for Everyday Life with questions
and commentary by Zen Master Seung Sahn, edited by Jane McLaughlin, JDPSN (now Zen Master Bon Yeon), and Paul
Muenzen (Tuttle, ISBN 0-8048-1782-0).
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Wanting Enlightenment is a Big Mistake: Teachings of Zen Master Seung Sahn edited by Hyon Gak Sunim JDPS (Shambhala Pocket Classics, ISBN 1-5903-0340-7).
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Bone of Space - Poems by Zen Master Seung Sahn (Primary Point Press, ISBN
0-9427-9506-7).
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Only Doing It for Sixty Years (Primary Point Press). Currently out of print.
Open Mouth, Already a Mistake by Zen Master Wu Kwang (Richard Shrobe) (Primary Point
Press, ISBN 0-9427-9508-3).
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Don't-Know Mind: The Spirit of Korean Zen by Zen Master Wu Kwang (Richard Shrobe) (Shambhala,
ISBN 1-5903-0110-2).
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The Wisdom of Solitude: A Zen Retreat in the Woods by Zen Master Bon Yeon (HarperSanFrancisco,
ISBN 0-0600-8595-9).
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Thousand Peaks - Korean Zen - Traditions and Teachers by Mu Soeng (Primary
Point Press, ISBN 0-9427-9502-4)
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The Way of Korean Zen by Zen Master Kusan (Weatherhill, ISBN 0-8348-0201-5). Currently out of print.
Nine Mountains by Zen Master Kusan (International Meditation Center, Korea; 1978). Currently out of print.
The Zen Monastic Experience by Robert Buswell, Jr. (Princeton University Press, ISBN
0-6910-3477-X).
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Tracing Back the Radiance - Chinul's Korean Way of Zen by Robert E. Buswell
(University of Hawaii Press, ISBN 0-8248-1427-4).
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The Korean Approach to Zen : The Collected Works of Chinul by Robert E. Buswell. Currently out of print.
Zen's Chinese Heritage by Andrew Ferguson (Wisdom Publications, ISBN
0-86171163-7).
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Taking the Path of Zen by Robert Aitken Roshi (North Point Press, ISBN
0-8654-7080-4).
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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi (Weatherhill, ISBN 0-8348-0079-9).
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Zen Keys by Thich Nhat Hanh (Doubleday, ISBN 0-385-47561-6).
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Nothing Special - Living Zen by Charlotte Joko Beck & Steve Smith (Harpers San Francisco, ISBN
0-0625-1117-3).
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The Zen Doctrine of No Mind by D. T. Suzuki (Samuel Weiser, ISBN
0-8772-8182-3)
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The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma translated by Red Pine (North Point Press, ISBN
0-8654-7399-4)
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The Zen
Teaching of Huang Po translated by John Blofeld (Shambhala, ISBN 0-8021-5092-6)
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The Zen Teaching of Master Lin-Chi translated by Burton
Watson (Shambhala Dragon Editions, ASIN 0-87773-891-2).
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Radical Zen - The Sayings of Joju translated by Yoel Hoffman. Currently out of print.
Swampland Flowers : Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui [a.k.a. Tsung-Kao] translated by Christopher Cleary (Grove Press, ISBN 0-3941-7011-3). Currently out of print.
Shobogenzo - Zen Essays by Dogen translated by Thomas Cleary (University of Hawaii
Press, ISBN 0-8248-1401-0).
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Zen Master Dogen by Yuho Yokoi (Weatherhill, ISBN
The Zen Master Hakuin - Selected Writings translated by Philip Yampolsky (Columbia
Univ. Press, ISBN 0-231-06041-6)
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Sayings and Doings of Pai-chang translated by Thomas Cleary (Center Publications, ASIN 0-9168-2010-6). Currently out of print
A Man of Zen - The Recorded Sayings of Layman P'ang translated
by Ruth Fuller Sasaki et. al (Weatherhill, ISBN 0-8348-0258-9)
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Bankei Zen: Translations from the Record of Bankei
translated by Peter Haskel (Grove Press, ISBN 0-8021-3184-0)
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One Robe, One Bowl - The Poetry of the Hermit/Monk and Zen Master Ryokan - John Stevens (Weatherhill, ASIN 0-8348-0125-6). Currently out of print.
The
Original Teachings of Ch'an Buddhism compiled and translated by Chang
Chung-yuan (Pantheon Books, ISBN 0-6797-5824-0)
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Transmission of the Mind Outside the Teachings - Charles Luk (Grove Press). Currently out of print.
Zen Buddhism: A History (Volume I - India & China and Volume II -
Japan) by Heinrich Dumoulin. (MacMillan, ISBN:
0-0289-7109-4 (Vol. 1) and 0-0290-8250-1 (Vol. 2)).
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The Zen Experience by Thomas Hoover (New American Library, ASIN 0-4522-5228-8). Currently out of print.
Zen: Direct Pointing to Reality by Anne Bancroft (Thames & Hudson,
ISBN 0-5008-1018-4)
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Zen Flesh, Zen Bones compiled and translated by Paul Reps et
al. (Tuttle, ISBN 0-8048-3186-6)
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The Roaring Stream - A New Zen Reader edited by Nelson Foster and Jack Shoemaker
(Ecco, ISBN 0-8800-1511-X).
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The Story of Chinese Zen by Nan Huai-Chin, translated by Thomas Cleary (Tuttle, ISBN
0-8048-3050-9).
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The Golden Age of Zen by John Ching-Hsiung Wu (Image Books, ISBN 0-3854-7993-X)
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The Mind of Clover - Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics by Robert Aitken Roshi (North
Point Press, ISBN 0-8654-7158-4)
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Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis by Suzuki, Fromm & DeMartino (Grove Press, ISBN
Ch'an and Zen Teaching - Volumes 1, 2 & 3 by Lu K'uan Yu (Charles Luk) (Weiser,
ISBN 0-8772-8795-3 (Vol. 1), 0-8772-8797-X (Vol. 2) & 0-8772-8798-8 (Vol. 3)).
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The Gateless Barrier - the Wu-Men Kuan (Mumonkan) translated with commentaries by
Robert Aitken Roshi (North Point Press, ISBN 0-86547-422-7).
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The Blue Cliff Record translated by Thomas Cleary and J.C. Cleary (Shambhala, ISBN
0-87773-622-7).
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No Barrier - Unlocking the Zen Koan the Mumonkan Translated with
Commentaries by
Thomas Cleary (Bantam, ISBN 0-533-37138-X)
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Ten Gates by Zen Master Seung Sahn (Primary Point Press, ISBN 0-9427-9501-6). Currently out of print.
The Whole World Is A Single Flower - 365 Kong-ans for Everyday Life with questions
and commentary by Zen Master Seung Sahn, edited by Jane McLaughlin, JDPSN, (now Zen Master Bon Yeon) and Paul
Muenzen (Tuttle, ISBN 0-8048-1782-0).
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Zen and the Ways - Translations of Koans from the Kamakura Period of Japanese Zen
translated Trever Legget (Tuttle,
ISBN 0-8048-1524-0)
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The Buddha by Michael
Carrithers ( Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-1928-7589-2)
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The Teaching of the Compassionate Buddha edited by E.A.
Burtt (New American
Library, ISBN 0-4516-2711-3)
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Old Path, White Clouds - Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha a biography of the
Buddha by Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press, ISBN 0-9380-7726-0)
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What the Buddha Taught
by Walpole Rahula ( Grove Press, ISBN 0-8021-3031-3)
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The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching
by Thich Nhat Hanh (Broadway Books, ISBN 0-7679-0369-2)
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The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha : A New Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya
translated and edited by Bhikku Nanamoli (Wisdom Publications, ISBN 0-8617-1072-X).
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The Long Discourses of the Buddha - A Translation of the Digha Nikaya by Maurice
Walshe (Wisdom Publications, ISBN 0-86171-103-3).
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The Dhammapada - Sayings of the Buddha edited by Thomas Cleary
(Bantam Doubleday Dell Pub, ISBN 0-5533-7376-5)
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The Threefold Lotus Sutra translated by B. Kato, Y. Tamura and K. Miyasaka (Tuttle,
ISBN 4-3330-0208-7).
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The Flower Ornament Scripture - A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra translated by
Thomas Cleary (Shambhala, ISBN 0-8777-3940-4).
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The Diamond Sutra and The Sutra of Hui Neng translated by A.F. Price and Wong
Mou-Lam (Shambhala, 0-8777-3005-9).
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The Diamond That Cuts Through Illusion - Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Diamond
Sutra by Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press, ISBN 0-9380-7751-1).
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The Heart of Understanding - Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra by Thich
Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press, ISBN 0-9380-7711-2).
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Step by Step - Meditations on Wisdom and Compassion by Maha Ghosananda (Parallax
Press, ISBN 0-938077-43-0)
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Kindness, Clarity and Insight by the 14th Dalai Lama, His Holiness Tenzin
Gyatso,
translated by Jeffrey Hopkins (Snow Lion Publications, ISBN 0-9379-3818-1)
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A Path With Heart by Jack Kornfield (Bantam, ISBN 0-5533-7211-4)
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Seeking the Heart of Wisdom by Joseph Goldstein & Jack Kornfield (Shambala,
ISBN 0-8777-3327-9)
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Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism by Choygam Trungpa et al. (Shambhala,
ISBN 0-8777-3050-4)
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A Buddhist Bible edited by Dwight Goddard (Beacon Press, ISBN
0-8070-5911-0)
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A Survey of Buddhism
by Sangharakshita (Windhorse Publications, ISBN 0-9047-6665-9)
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The Buddhist Religion: A Historical Introduction by Richard Robinson &
Willard Johnson (Wadsworth,
ISBN 0-5342-0718-9)
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The Buddhist Tradition in India China and Japan edited by William Theodore de Bary
(Modern Library, ISBN 0-3947-1696-5)
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The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti: A Mahayana Scripture
translated by Robert Thurman (Pennsylvania State University
Press, ISBN 0-2710-0601-3)
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How the Swans Came to the Lake: A Narrative History of Buddhism in
America by Rick Fields (Shambhala,
ISBN 0-8777-3583-2)
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The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton by Thomas Merton, edited by
Patrick Hart and Naomi Stone (W.W. Norton & Company, ISBN 0-8112-0570-3)
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The Way of Chuang
Tzu by Thomas Merton (W.W. Norton & Company, ISBN 0-8112-0103-1)
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Zen and the Birds of
Appetite by Thomas Merton (W.W. Norton & Company, ISBN 0-8112-0104-X)
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Mystics and Zen Masters by Thomas Merton (Noonday Press, ISBN
0-3745-2001-1)
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Christian Zen by William Johnston (Fordham Univ. Press. ISBN 0-8232-1800-7)
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Still Point: Reflections on Zen and Christian Mysticism by William Johnston
(Fordham Univ. Press, ISBN 0-8232-0861-3)
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For the Sake of the World: The Spirit of Buddhist and Christian Monasticism edited by Patick Henry and Donald Swearer (Fortress Press, ASIN 0-8006-2310-X). This book is currently out of print.
Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist by D.T. Suzuki (Mandala Books, ASIN 0-0414-9053-3). This book is currently out of print.
Speaking of Silence: Christians and Buddhists on the Contemplative Way edited by Susan Walker (Paulist Press, ASIN 0-8091-2880-2). This book is currently out of print.
Accept this Gift edited by
Frances Vaughan and Roger Walsh (Jeremy P. Tarcher, ISBN 0874777216)
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Zen and Reality: An Approach to Sanity and Happiness on a Non-Sectarian Basis by Robert Powell (Viking, ASIN: 0-1400-4532-5). This book is currently out of print.
Desert Wisdom: Sayings from the Desert Fathers by Yushi Nomura (Doubleday, ASIN 0-3851-8079-9). This book is currently out of print.
The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion - Buddhism, Taoism, Zen, Hinduism
(Shambhala, ISBN 0-8777-3980-3)
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The Buddhist Handbook - A Complete Guide to Buddhist Schools, Teaching, Practice and
History by John Snelling (Inner Traditions International, ISBN 0-8928-1319-9)
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The Path of Compassion - Writings on Socially Engaged Buddhism edited by Fred
Eppsteiner (Parallax Press, ISBN 0-9380-7702-3)
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Transformations of Consciousness: Conventional and Contemplative Perspectives on
Development by Ken Wilber (Shambhala, ASIN: 0-3945-5537-6).
This book is currently out of print.