Recommended Reading

1. Stages Of Meditation: Training the mind for wisdom 
   by the Dalai Lama
2. The Heart of Prajna Paramita Sutra: 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. The Buddha In Daily Life: An Introduction to the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin 
   by Causton (Author), Richard G Causton Causton (Author)
6. Buddhism for Today: A Modern Interpretation of the Threefold Lotus Sutra 
   by Nikkyo Niwano
7. The Life of the Buddha: According to the Pali Canon 
   by Bhikkhu Nanomoli
8. The Way of the Bodhisattva 
   by Shantideva (Author), Padmakara Translation Group (Translator)
9. The Miracle Of Mindfulness 
   by Thich Nhat Hanh
10. The Heart Of Buddha’s Teaching 
    by Thich Nhat Hanh
11. Zen Mind Beginners Mind
    by Shunryu Suzuki

Books Specific to Tendai Buddhism

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