Books We Recommend:

– Our Teacher, Roshi Al Rapaport’s book entitled Open Mind Zen, A Guide to Meditation  http://www.openmindzen.com/omz-book/

– Opening the Hand of Thought by Kosho Uchiyama, Roshi

 – Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind, by Suzuki Roshi.

 – The Three Pillars of Zen, by Philip Kapleau Roshi.

–  The Hidden Lamp, Stories from 25 Centuries of Awakened Women, edited by Florence Caplow and Susan Moon.

– The Heart of the Buddha’s Teachings, by Thich Nhat Hanh

– Taking the Path of Zen, by Robert Aitken.

Some Websites We Recommend:

Our parent organization in Melbourne, Florida: http://www.openmindzen.com/

Lay Zen Teachers Association, an organization of teachers dedicated to Lay Zen Practice: http://lzta.org/

White Plum Sangha:  Our lineage, a larger Sangha consisting of Dharma descendants of the late Maezumi Roshi: https://whiteplum.org/

International Plum Village Community:  https://plumvillage.org/