This list,
presented in no particular order, is a dynamic one. Check
it from time to time, as you will find it growing. It is intended
as a resource for those of you wishing to deepen your understanding
of Daoist and Buddhist thought, and Asian philosophy in general.
There are many martial arts titles on the list, and you may
find the background information here adds to your appreciation
of your practice and meditation, but please remember you cannot
learn tai chi ch'uan from any book.
1. BEYOND THE CLOSED DOOR - Arieh Lev Breslow 1995 Almond
Blossom Press ISN#096447302X
2. WARRIORS OF STILLNESS - MEDITATIVE
TRADITIONS IN THE CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS
- Vol.1 and 2 - Jan Dipersloot, 1995 ISBN: 0-9649976-0-6
3. BAREFOOT DOCTOR'S GUIDE TO THE TAO - A SPIRITUAL HANDBOOK
FOR THE URBAN WARRIOR - Stephen Russell, 1998 Times Books,
ISBN# 0-8129-3158-0
4. THE TAI CHI BOOK - Refining and
Enjoying a Lifetime of Practice
- Robert Chuckrow, 1998, YMAA Publishing, ISBN #1-886969-64-7
5. THE TAO OF TAI-CHI CHUAN - WAY TO REJUVENATION -
Tsung Hwa Jou, 1981, ISBN: 0-8048-1357-4
6. LAO TZU - TAO TE CHING - A BOOK
ABOUT THE WAY AND THE POWER OF THE WAY
- Ursula K. Le Guin, 1997 Shambala Publications ISBN: 1-57062-333-3
7. THE EMPTY VESSEL - A Journal of Contemporary Taoism
- 541-345-8854
8. THE SPIRIT OF TAI CHI
- John Lash - Vega Books 2002 ISBN#1-84333-202-7
9. JOURNAL OF THE ASIAN MARTIAL ARTS - 800-455-9517
10. PUSH--HANDS -
Herman Kauz, 1997 Overlook Press ISBN #0-89751-754-9
11. MARTIAL ARTS ARE NOT JUST FOR KICKING BUTT - An Anthology
of Writings on the Martial Arts - North Atlantic Books.
ISBN#1-55643-266-6
12. THE POWER OF THE INTERNAL MARTIAL
ARTS - B.K. Frantzis 1998
ISBN# 1-55643-253-4
13. QIGONG EMPOWERMENT - A Guide to Medical, Taoist, Buddhist,
Wushu, Energy Cultivation - Master Shou-Yu Liang and Wen-Ching
Wu. The Way of the Dragon Publishing, P.O. Box 14561, East
Providence, Rhode Island 02914-0561. ISBN# 1-889659-02-9
14. TAOISM - WAY BEYOND SEEING -
THE EDITED TRANSCRIPTS -
Alan Watts, Copyright 1997 Mark Watts, Charles Tuttle & Co.
ISBN: 0-8048-3058-4
15. ZEN IN THE MARTIAL ARTS - Joe Hyams, 1979 St. Martins
Press ISBN#0-87477-101-3
16. ZHUANGZI SPEAKS - The Music of
Nature - Tsai Chih Chung
1992 Princeton University Press, ISBN# 0-691-00882-5
17. THE UNFETTERED MIND - Takuan Soho translated by
William Scott Wilson 1986 Kodansha ISBN#4-7700-2947-0
18. THE LONE SAMURAI -
William Scott Wilson - 2004 Kodansha ISBN#4-7700-2942-X
19. THE POWER OF NOW - A guide to spiritual enlightenment
- Eckhart Tolle 1999 New World Library ISBN#1-57731-152-3
20. THE HOLOGRAPHIC UNIVERSE
- Michael Talbot 1991 - HarperPerennial ISBN# 0-06-092258-3
21. TAO - THE PATHLESS PATH - Osho - 2002 Renaissance
Books ISBN#1580632254
22. TRUST IN MIND - The Rebellion
of Chinese Zen - Mu Soeng
2-004 Wisdom Books ISBN# 0-86171-391-5
23. THE WAY OF SOLOMON - Rami Shapiro 2000 HarperCollins
ISBN# 0-06-067300-1
24. THE DIAMOND CUTTER -
Geshe Michael Roach 2000 Doubleday ISBN#0-385-49790-3
25. CULTIVATING STILLNESS - Eva Wong 1992 Eva Wong
ISBN#0-87773-687-1
26. CHEN STYLE TAIJIQUAN - THE SOURCE
OF CHINESE BOXING - Davidine
Siaw-Voon Sim & David Gaffney 2002 North Atlantic Books ISBN#
1-55643-377-8
27. ONCE AND FUTURE MYTHS - Phil Cousineau 2001 Conari
Press a. ISBN#1-57324-146-6 26. SPIRITUAL GENIUS - Winifred
Gallagher 2001 - Random House , New York b. ISNB#0-375-50310-2
28. THE SPIRITUAL LEGACY OF THE SHAOLIN
TEMPLE - Andy James 2005
a. Wisdom Publications ISBN#0861713524
29. TAIJIQUAN - THE ART OF NURTURING, THE SCIENCE OF POWER
- Yang a. Yang 2005 Zhenwu publications, P.O. Box 11386 -
Champaign, Illinois 61826 b. ISBN# 0-9740990-0-7
30. THE LANKAVATARA SUTRA - AN EPITOMIZED
VERSION - D.T. Suzuki, translator,
compiled and edited by Dwight Goddard, forward by John Daido
Loori, Monkfish Books, ISBN 0-9726357-4-2, originally published
in 1932
31. AN END TO SUFFERING - THE BUDDHA IN THE WORLD -
Pankaj Mishra, 2004, Picador Books, ISBN# 0-312-42509-0
32. THE CLASSIC OF THE DAO - A NEW
INVESTIGATION - Wang Keping,
1998 Foreign Languages Press Beijing, ISBN# 7-119-02229-6
33. THE TAO OF POWER - R.L. Wing 1986 Broadway Books
ISBN# 0-385-19637-7
34. A NEW EARTH
- Eckhard Tolle, 2005 Dutton Books, ISBN: 0525948023
35. The New Tea Companion - Jane Pettigrew 2005, National
Trust Enterprises Ltd. London - ISBN 0-7078-0390 X
36. Vegetable Roots Discourse - Wisdom
from Ming China on Life and Living
- Robert Aitken and Daniel Kwok 2006, Shoemaker Hoard ISBN
(10) 1-59376-091-4
