Integral Spirituality<\/span><\/p>\nJosh Bartok, priest-in-charge at the Ralph Waldo Emerson Zen Sangha in Boston, and an acquisitions editor at Wisdom Publications, recommends Herman Hesse\u2019s Siddhartha<\/span><\/span> as did several others.<\/p>\nChristopher Thomas Bell, minister of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Santa Rosa, California, and old Zen hand, recommends the Tao Te Ching<\/span> as did several others, including old Zen hand Neil Bartholomew.<\/p>\nPatricia Dai-en Bennage, abbess of the Mt Equity Zen Center in Pennsdale, Pennsylvania, recommends the Dhamapada<\/span>, as did others<\/p>\nMelissa Myozen Blacker, Zen priest and a guiding teacher at the Boundless Way Zen sangha, recommends Emily Bronte\u2019s Jane Eyre<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAngie Boissevain, Zen priest and teacher of the Floating Zendo in San Jose, California, recommends Herman Melville\u2019s Moby Dick<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nNonin Chowaney, abbot of the Nebraska Zen Center recommends Shunryu Suzuki\u2019s Zen Mind Beginner\u2019s Mind<\/span><\/span> as did bunches of others.<\/p>\nAdam Fisher, journalist and old Zen hand recommends, Stephen Becker\u2019s The Chinese Bandit<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nDanny Fisher, Buddhist chaplain, recommends Leo Tolstoy\u2019s The Kingdom of God is Within You<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nJames Ford, well known Zen Buddhist & Unitarian Universalist gasbag, recommends Thomas Merton\u2019s The Wisdom of the Desert<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nGaelyn Godwin, resident teacher at the Houston Zen Center recommends Michael Chabon\u2019s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nDavid Heald, Episcopal priest and old Zen hand, recommends Robert Richardson\u2019s Emerson: The Mind on Fire<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAlex Holt, Unitarian Universalist minister and old Zen hand recommends Wayne Muller\u2019s How Then Shall We Live?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nBarbara Kohn, teacher and head priest at the Austin Zen Center, recommends Wendy Johnson\u2019s Gardening at the Dragon\u2019s Gate<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nBodhin Kjolhede, abbot of the Rochester Zen Center, recommends Philip Kapleau\u2019s Three Pillars of Zen<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nDoug Kraft, minister of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento, and Insight meditation teacher recommends Tsoknyi Rimpoche\u2019s Carefree Dignity<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nCynthia Landrum, minister at the Unitarian Universalist Church of East Liberty, Clarkelake, Michigan, reommends the Diary of Anne Frank<\/span><\/p>\nVictor Lapuszynski, old Zen hand, recommends Monroe Beardsley\u2019s Thinking Straight: Principles of Reasoning for Readers and Writers<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nTaigen Leighton, guiding dharma<\/a> teacher of the Ancient Dragon Zen Gate in Chicago, recommends Fyodor Dostoevsky\u2019s Brothers Karamazov<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nDoug Phillips, psychologist, old Zen hand and Insight meditation teacher, recommends Krishnamurti\u2019s The Awakening of Intelligence<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nHank Pierce, minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Medford recommends Charles Bukowski\u2019s Love is a Dog From Hell <\/span><\/span>(this has to be the most unexpected recommendation I\u2019ve gotten for this list\u2026)
<\/span><\/span>Charles Pokorny, Zen priest and executive director of the Soto Zen Buddhist Association, recommends Dogen\u2019s Moon in a Dewdrop<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nDosho Port, teacher at the Wild Fox Zen Center near the Twin Cities, recommends Dogen\u2019s Extensive Record<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nZuiko Redding, resident teacher at the Cedar Rapids Zen Center, in Iowa, recommends Shundo Aoyama\u2019s Zen Seeds<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nBarbara Rhodes, guiding teacher of the Kwan Um School of Zen, recommends Seung Sahn\u2019s The Compass of Zen<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nJudith Roitman, guiding teacher of the Kansas Zen Center and professor of Mathematics at the University of Kansas, recommends Jane Dobisz\u2019s One Hundred Days of Solitude<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAlan Senauke, vice-abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center, recommends Leo Tolstoy\u2019s War & Peace<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nElihu Smith, resident teacher of the Praire Zen Center in Champaign, Illinois, recommends the thirteenth century koan anthology the Blue Cliff Record<\/span><\/p>\nDaniel Terragno, teacher at the Rocks and Clouds Zendo in Sebastopol, California, recommends
Vikram Seth\u2019s A Suitable Boy<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span>Chris Walton, editor of the UU World magazine, recommends Lois Lowry\u2019s The Giver<\/span><\/span>\nJisho Warner, head teacher of the Stone Creek Zen Center, in Sebastopol, California recommends Kosho Uchiyama\u2019s Opening the Hand of Zen<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nWalt Weider, minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Surprise, Arizona, recommends Joseph Heller\u2019s Catch 22<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nErik Wikstrom, minister of the First Parish in Brewster, MA, recommends Brother Lawrence\u2019s Practice of the Presence of God<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nEnjoy\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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