READING LIST

IN ENGLISH:

Books Specific to Tendai Buddhism

  1. Clear Serenity, Quiet Insight
    by Chih-i (Author), Paul L. Swanson (Translator)
  2. Saichō: The Establishment of the Japanese Tendai School
    by Paul Groner
  3. The Essentials of Buddhist Meditation
    by Chih-i (Author), Dharmamitra (Translator)
  4. The Six Dharma Gates to the Sublime
    by Chih-i (Author), Dharmamitra (Translator)
  5. Foundations of T’ien T’ai Philosophy: The Flowering of the Two Truth Theory in Chinese Buddhism
    by Paul L. Swanson
  6. The Collected Teachings of the Tendai Lotus School
    by BDK English Tripitaka Series – Leo Pruden (Translator), Paul L. Swanson (Translator)
  7. The Essentials of the Eight Traditions & The Candle of the Latter Dharma
    by BDK English Tripiṭaka Series – Leo M. Pruden (Translator), Robert Rhodes (Translator)
  8. Tendai Lotus Texts
    by BDK English Tripiṭaka Series – Tsugunari Kubo (Translator), Joseph M. Longan (Translator), Terry Abbott (Translator), Masao Ichishima (Translator), David W. Chappell (Translator)
  9. Stopping and Seeing: Comprehensive Course in Buddhist Meditation
    by Chih-i (Author), Thomas Cleary (Translator)
  10. Right View, Right Life: Insights
    by Kohno
  11. Ryōgen and Mount Hiei: Japanese Tendai in the Tenth Century
    by Paul Groner
  12. Legend and Legitimation: The Formation of Tendai Esoteric Buddhism in Japan
    by Jinhua Chen
  13. The Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei
    by John Stevens
  14. Walk Like a Mountain: The Handbook of Buddhist Walking Practice
    by Innen Ray Parchelo
  15. Zen is for Everyone: The Xiao Zhi Guan Text 
    by Chih-i (Author), Michael Saso (Translator)
  16. Being and Ambiguity: Philosophical Experiments with Tiantai Buddhism 
    by Brook Ziporyn
  17. Emptiness and Omnipresence: An Essential Introduction to Tiantai Buddhism
    by Brook Ziporyn
  18. Evil and/or/as the Good: Omnicentrism, Intersubjectivity and Value Paradox in Tiantai Buddhist Thought
    by Brook Ziporyn
  19. Genshin’s Ōjōyōshū and the Construction of Pure Land Discourse in Heian Japan
    by Robert Rhodes

Other Books on Buddhism:

  1. Stages of Meditation: Training the Mind for Wisdom 
    by the 14th Dalai Lama
  2. The Heart of Prajñā Pāramitā Sūtra: Verses without a Stand and Prose Commentary 
    by Master Hsuan Hua
  3. Meditations of a Buddhist Skeptic 
    by Alan Wallace
  4. The Compass of Zen 
    by Zen Master Seung Sahn
  5. Buddhism for Today: A Modern Interpretation of the Threefold Lotus Sūtra
    by Nikkyō Niwano
  6. The Life of the Buddha: According to the Pali Canon 
    by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli
  7. The Way of the Bodhisattva 
    by Śāntideva (Author), Padmakara Translation Group
  8. The Miracle of Mindfulness 
    by Thích Nhất Hạnh
  9. The Heart of Buddha’s Teaching 
    by Thích Nhất Hạnh
  10. Zen Mind, Beginners Mind
    by Shunryū Suzuki

EN FRANÇAIS:

La Centurie du Lotus: Poèmes de Jien sur le Sûtra du Lotus
de Jean-Noël Robert
Quatre courts traités sur la Terrasse Céleste
de Jean-Noël Robert