[Buddha-l] Buddhist books

[Benito Carral]

Dear Buddha-L friends,

   Some  weeks  ago  I  said that I will share with you
some  of  my  favourite  Buddhist books. I have not had
time  to  write a well-thought list, but I will like to
share some titles:

     Dhammapada

     Majjhima Nikaya

     John Blofeld (1958), The Zen Teaching of Huang Bo
     on the Transmission of Mind. (This has probably
     been the most impacting text in my Dharma journey
     during this life.)

     Edward Conze (1958), Buddhist Wisdom: The Diamond
     Sutra and The Heart Sutra. (I really love the
     Diamond Cutter and the Heart sutras.)

     John Blofeld (translator) (1962), Zen: Teaching of
     Instantaneous Awakening (Master Hui Hai).

     Kenneth Ch'en (1964), Buddhism in China: A
     Historical Survey.

     Ricarhd H. Robinson (1967), Early Madhyamika in
     India and China.

     Philip B. Yampolsky (1967), The Platform Sutra of
     the Sixth Patriarch. (This is quite special for
     me, because the late Master Yinlang's gave me his
     personal copy at his quarters at Xuyun Temple
     before he died.)

     Charles Luk (1970, 1971, 1973), Ch'an and Zen
     Teaching vols. 1-3.

     Francis H. Cook (1977), Huayen-Buddhism: The Jewel
     Net  of  Indra.  (Huayan philosophy is probably my
     favourite  one,  I  don't  know why scholars don't
     write more books on it.)

     Jack Kornfield (1977), Living Buddhist Masters.

     Peter  Haskel  (translator)  (1984),  Bankei  Zen:
     Translations from The Record of Bankei.
     
     Hee-Sung Kell (1984), Chinul: The Founder of the
     Korean Son Tradition.

     Peter N. Gregory (1991), Tsung-mi and the
     Sinification of Buddhism.

     Antonio Cabezas (1993), Senda hacia tierras hondas
     (Senda  de  Oku)  (A Spanish translation of Matsuo
     Basho's Oku no hosomichi).

     Burton Watson (translator) (1993), The Zen
     Teachings of Master Lin-chi: A Translation of the
     Lin-chi lu.

     Iñaki Preciado Ydoeta (1994), Vida de Miralepa
     (Miralepa's Life). (A Spanish translation of the
     Mtsho-sngon mi-rigs dpe-skrun-khang.)

     Mathieu Boisvert (1995), The Five Aggregates:
     Understanding Theravada Psychology and
     Soteriology.

     Jay L. Garfield (1995), The Fundamental Wisdom of
     the Middle Way.

     Peter Della Santina (1997), The Three of
     Enlightenment.

     Taitetsu Unno (1988), River of Fire, River of
     Water.

     Everything from D. T. Suzuki, because he was a
     real eye-opener for me.

     Alan Watts was another one, although I don't like
     to mention it too often (because he was a perfect
     example of the kind of life that I think a
     Buddhist should avoid--I have dropped some titles
     from my list just for this reason).

     The Mind & Life Series.

     I have also enjoyed many things from Tich Nhat
     Hanh and Kenchen Thrangu Rimpoche.

     P.S.  These are not necessarily the books I use to
     teach my students, but some of my favourite ones.

     P.S.2. These days I'm reading a lot of Tibetan
     things, since I'm doing a research about an
     "apparent?" contradiction in the Shentong pov.

   Best wishes,

--
Benito Carral
  Asturias, Sepharad (Spain)