Two books that have attracted many people to Zen Buddhism are Philip Kapleau's THE THREE PILLARS OF ZEN and Shunryu Suzuki's ZEN MIND, BEGINNER'S MIND.

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Any decent-sized bookstore will have some books related to Zen Buddhism. Perhaps the most influential books about Zen Buddhism written in English during the last half century are Philip Kapleau's THE THREE PILLARS OF ZEN and Shunryu Suzuki's ZEN MIND, BEGINNER'S MIND.

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Perhaps the best book to learn about the theory and practice of Zen Buddhism is Philip Kapleau's THE THREE PILLARS OF ZEN. Two excellent anthologies of the Buddha's teachings are BASIC TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA, Glenn Wallis, ed. (Modern Library) and IN THE BUDDHA'S WORDS, Bhikkhu Bodhi, ed. (Wisdom).

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