Books Dharma study is one of Sanshin Zen Community's most essential activities. Our way of practice is based on the teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha, Dogen Zenji, Kodo Sawaki-roshi and Kosho Uchiyama-roshi. Publications by the teachers in our lineage, including the newest ones from Shohaku Okumura, are available below.

Realizing Genjokoan Shohaku Okumura

Opening the Hand of Thought: Approach to Zen Kosho Uchiyama Translated by Shohaku Okumura and Tom Wright

Dogen's Extensive Record Translated by Talgen Dan Leighton and Shohaku Okumura

The Wholehearted Way: A Translation of Eihei Dogen's Bendowa with Commentary by Kosho Uchiyama Translated by Shohaku Okumura and Taigen Daniel Leighton

How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment Zen Master Dogen and Kosho Uchiyama. Translated by Thomas Wright

Dogen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community A Translation of Eihei Shingl Translated by Shohaku Okumura and Daniel Leighton

The Zen Teaching of "Homeless Kodo" By Kosho Uchiyama Translated by Koshi Ichida and Shohaku Okumura Edited by George Vavares. out of print at this time

Dogen Zen and its Relevance For Our Time Symposium: October 23-24, 1999 Stanford University Various Authors, Edited by Shohaku Okumura

Sitting Under The Bodhi Tree: Lectures On Dogen Ze

Soto Zen: An Introduction To Zazen By Shohaku Okumura

Heart of Zen (re-printing of Dogen Zen) Translated by Shohaku Okumura, assisted by Tom Wright

Shobogenzo Zuimonki Dogen Zenji, Tr. Shohaku Okumura

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