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Books or Sutras that inspire you to practice (especially Zen)

shays860shays860
edited April 2012 in Buddhism Basics
Hello guys. It's been a while since I've been here. I was practicing fairly regularly for a while and the I came down with killer allergies that made it impossible to breathe through my nose and made me not want to meditate... And I'm just now trying to try again but I'm lacking motivation. I need a good new book to jumpstart me. Are there any sutras you guys read before meditation sessions... I know a lot of schools of Zen use the Heart Sutra. Anything else? Thanks.

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  • PremaSagarPremaSagar Veteran
    The Buddha's Discourse on Loving Kindness (Metta Sutta)
    http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/snp/snp.1.08.than.html

    The Lotus Sutra (If you're looking for inspiration to practice try thumbing through the scripture to find the story of Never Disparaging Bodhisattva and the Medicine Master Chapter)
  • SiamKarlSiamKarl
    The Heart of Buddhist Meditation by Thera Nyanaponika

    Chapter 2 = http://www.alexox.com/sangha/bareattention.pdf
  • seeker242seeker242 Zen Florida, USA Veteran
    The Lotus Sutra is very motivational. :)
  • genkakugenkaku Northampton, Mass. U.S.A. Veteran
    I like "Swampland Flowers: The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui." It is frequently addressed to people in lay life ... and yet refuses to lower the banner.
  • TakuanTakuan Veteran
    "The Book" by Alan Watts, "The Heart of Understanding" by Thich Nhat Hanh, and the Japanese movie "Zen" are some of my inspirations.
  • RichardHRichardH Veteran
    edited April 2012
    "Tracing Back the Radiance" the teachings of Chinul... By Robert Buswell.

    A lot of our books got given away.. or borrowed away.. but this one is a keeper.
  • jlljll Veteran
    buddha's last words,
    'everything is impermanent and will disintegrate,
    strive to end suffering'
  • shays860shays860
    Thanks for the suggestions guys... I guess I expect too much from books... I have at least twenty books about buddhism and I still can't find just one to keep coming back to.
  • ZendoLord84ZendoLord84 Veteran
    edited April 2012
    hardcore zen..(book)
    by brad warner

    and

    spring, summer, fall, winter, (something like that, movie)
  • ZendoLord84ZendoLord84 Veteran
    this is my favo sutta...someone from this forum did point me to it...
    It helped me break free.
    So whoever sended it to me.
    I'm gratefull.

    http://www.hermitary.com/solitude/rhinoceros.html
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