Reading List

Ungan Bill Mayhew recommends the following books to his practitioners:

• Ungan's Rill. Ungan Bill Mayhew, self-published, 2025.

• Soto Zen: An Introduction to Zazen. Soto Zen Buddhism International Zenter, Sotoshu Shumucho, 2002.

• Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. Shunryu Suzuki, Shambhala Publications, 2006.

• The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment. Roshi Philip Kapleau, Anchor Books, 1989.

• The Diamond Sutra and Sutra of Hui-Neng. Translated by A. F. Price & Wong Mou-lam, Shambhala Publications, 2005.

• Being Peace. Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, 2024.

• The Golden Age of Zen: Zen Masters of the T'ang Dynasty. John C. H. Wu, World Wisdom Publications, 2003.

• Introduction to Emptiness: As Taught In Tsong-Kha-Pa's Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path. Guy Newland, Shambhala Publications, 2009.

• A Primer of Soto Zen: A Translation of Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō Suimonki. Translated by Reiko Masunaga, University of Hawai‘i Press, 1979.

• Before Buddha Was Buddha: Learning from the Jakata Tales. Rafe Martin, Wisdom Publications, 2018.

• Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain and Body.  David Goleman and Richard J. Davidson, Avery, 2018.

• Why Buddhism is True: The Science & Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment.  Robert Wright, Simon & Schuster, 2017.

• Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time and the Texture of Reality. Brian Greene, Knoph, 2004.

• Old Souls: Compelling Evidene from Children Who Remember Past Lives. Tom Shroder, Simon & Schuster, 2001.

• Without Buddha I Could Not Be a Christian.  Paul F. Knitter, Oneworld Academic, 2013.

• Zen Mind Jewish Mind: Koan, Midrash & the Living World. Rabbi Rami Shapiro, Monkfish, 2025.