Revisiting Teachers and Teachings
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| Larry Wolf, Personal Buddhist History (2020) |
I'm looking at the journey that got me here, reexamining some of the stepping stones of my journey with Buddhism. The ones here have survived, in some form, on my book shelf going back to 1970 with Siddhartha. The year before, I read Maugham's The Razor's Edge during the summer I turned 18. Others by Hesse (Demian, Steppenwolf) were read a couple of years earlier in high school.
The books are roughly in the order they read. As I revisit them over the next several months, I'm sure other titles will surface, ones I have and ones to track down. Some of these may get commentary. For now, here's the list.
Hermann Hesse - Siddhartha
Suzuki Roshi - Zen Mind Beginners Mind
Chogyam Trungpa - Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism (not here because my copy was falling apart), Myth of Freedom, Shambhala
Jack Kornfield - A Path With Heart
Thich Nhat Hanh - Peace Is Every Step
Bernie Glassman - Instructions to the Cook, Bearing Witness
Pema Chodron - The Wisdom of No Escape, Start Where You Are
Clark Strand - Wooden Bowl
Sue Bender - Everyday Sacred
Shantideva - The Way of the Bodhisattva
Koshein Payley Ellison & Matt Weingast (eds) - Awake at the Bedside
Larry Yang - Awakening Together
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche - In Love With The World