Book Club Reading Schedule
ASZC Book Schedule Spring 2025
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, by Shunryu Suzuki
March 24 — June 30, 2025
Mar 24
Preface/Introduction/Prologue
Part 1: Right Practice
Mar 31
Posture/Breathing/Control
Apr 7
Mind Waves/Mind Weeds/The Marrow of Zen
Apr 14
No Dualism/Bowing/Nothing Special
Part 2: Right Attitude
Apr 21
Single-Minded Way/Repetition/Zen and Excitement
Apr 28
Right Effort/ No Trace
May 5
God Giving/ Mistakes in Practice/Limiting Your Activity
May 12
Study Yourself/To Polish a Tile/Constancy
May 19
Communication/Negative and Positive/Nirvana, the Waterfall
May 26 (Off for Memorial Day)
Part 3: Right Understanding:
Jun 2
Traditional Zen Spirit/Transiency/The Quality of Being
Jun 9
Naturalness/Emptiness/Readiness, Mindfulness
Jun 16
Believing in Nothing/Attachment, Non-attachment/Calmness
Jun 23
Experience, Not Philosophy/Original Buddhism/Beyond Consciousness
Jun 30
Buddha’s Enlightenment/Epilogue: Zen Mind
Past Reading List
Below are the list of books that have been read and explored in our Monday night discussion group.
Dropping Ashes on the Buddha: The Teachings of Zen Master Seung Sahn - Stephen Mitchell
The Heart of Being - Daido Loori
Nothing Special - Charlotte Joko Beck
Everyday Zen - Charlotte Joko Beck
Ordinary Wonder - Charlotte Joko Beck
No Beginning, No End - Jakusho Kwong-Roshi
Not Always So - Shunryo Suzuki-Roshi
Returning To Silence - Dainin Katagiri-Roshi
Opening The Hand Of Thought - Kosho Uchiyama
From The Zen Kitchen To Enlightenment-Eihei Dogen- Zengi And Kosho Uchiyama-Roshi
The Kyosaku(Archive Volume I) - Rev. Zengaku Soyu Matsuoka-Roshi
The Mind Of Clover- Robert Aitken
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind - Shunryo Suzuki-Roshi
When You Greet Me I Bow - Norman Fischer