Kwan Um School of Zen
Germany
Books
On this page the most important books of the Kwan Um School of Zen are listed. Please click on the title or icon to read a review. The books listed here can be ordered as follows, please follow link at each book entry:
- If available, directly from Berlin Zen Center. This way you finance pending translations of other books by Zen Master Seung Sahn.
- If available, from Johannes Herrmann Publishing Co.
- From other sources, via Google-search.
The Compass of Zen
By Zen Master Seung Sahn. Simple, clear, and often hilarious presentation of the essential teachings of the main Buddhist traditions culminating in Zen by one of the most beloved Zen Masters of our time.
The book can be ordered using Google search.
Dropping Ashes on the Buddha
By Zen Master Seung Sahn, compiled and edited by Stephen Mitchell. A delightful, irreverent, and often hilarious record of interactions with Western students.
The book can be ordered using Google search.
Only Don’t Know
Issues of work, relationships, and suffering are discussed as they relate to meditation practice.
The book can be ordered using Google search.
The Whole World Is a Single Flower
By Zen Master Seung Sahn. The first kong-an collection to appear in many years; Christian, Taoist, and Buddhist sources.
The book can be ordered using Google search.
Ten Gates
By Zen Master Seung Sahn. This book presents the system of ten koans that Zen Master Seung Sahn came to call the “Ten Gates.” These koans represent the basic types one will encounter in any course of study.
The book can be ordered using Google search.
BONE OF SPACE: POEMS BY ZEN MASTER SEUNG SAHN
This collection captures a master’s thoughts during everyday life while traveling, talking on the phone, attending a friend’s funeral.
The book can be ordered using Google search.
Zen Life, Moment Life
“Keeping a ‘don’t know’ mind means cutting off all thinking. Cutting off all discursive thoughts takes us to the wellspring of our true nature, and brings us to the present moment. What are you doing just now? Paying attention to this moment is what Zen practice is all about…” (Zen Master Wu Bong)
The book can be ordered using Google search.
