Sign up to our emails and be the first to know about new releases, special offers and more.
Become a Readings Member to make your shopping experience even easier. Sign in or sign up for free!
Hello Readings Member! Go to the member centre to view your orders, change your details, or view your lists, or sign out.
Australian Book Retailer of the Year 2021
Kazuaki Tanahashi
Renowned artist Kaz Tanahashi reveals the deep, inner spiritual connections that Zen gardens can foster, with over 75 stunning full-color photos of the masterpiece gardens of Kyoto, Japan.
Renowned artist…
Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order
A revered modern artist and Zen teacher offers an inspirational account of how his art has been the expression of a life of social activism.
Kazuaki Tanahashi’s dramatic art, which…
Dogen Zenji is the most famous & influential of all Japanese Zen masters. He is Japan’s greatest philosopher & from his Soto school derives most of the Zen practised in…
The delightful and often funny poetry of Zen’s quintessential free spirit, Master Ryokan-in a fresh translation by a beloved American Zen figure
Ryokan Taigu (1758-1831) was a monk in the…
An introduction to Zen chanting practice, with new accurate and chantable translations of the texts used in Zen centers and monasteries throughout the English-speaking world-by the renowned translator of Dogen…
Its history, techniques, aesthetics, and philosophy-with an in-depth practical guide to understanding and drawing 150 characters
Its history, techniques, aesthetics, and philosophy-with an in-depth practical guide to understanding and drawing…
A beautifully curated presentation of the Thousand Character Essay, a masterpiece of Chinese calligraphy that has served as the art form’s classic manual for over 1,400 years.
A beautifully curated…
Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order
David Scheinbaum
"These photographs/photograms are to be considered 'chemical calligraphy' unique, split-toned gelatin silver prints....These works are truly a mirror, a visual representation of my inner or emotional self at the moment…
Order online and we’ll ship when availablePre-order now
Dogen
Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), among the first to transmit Zen Buddhism from China to Japan and founder of the important Soto School, was not only a profoundly influential and provocative Zen…
Soen Nakagawa
Gathers Nakagawa’s poems, letters, journal entries, other writings, and calligarphy, and shares the reminiscences of some of his students.
Available to order, ships in 7-14 daysAvailable to order
Allan Baillie,Kazuaki Tanahashi
Provides a super-close-up view of one of the world’s most famous flowers. A carefully assembled collection of photographs of the lotus capture the legendary flower throughout its life, as it…
Kazuaki Tanahashi,Peter Levitt
A fresh translation–and new envisioning–of the most accessible and beloved of all classic Chinese poetry.
The Hanshan ( Cold Mountain ) poems are unquestionably the most enduring works to come…
Available to order, ships in 3-5 daysAvailable to order
Eihei Dogen (1200-1253) is the most renowned of all the Japanese Zen masters, and he is also one of the greatest writers and philosophers Japan has ever produced. This title…
Dogen,Dogen Zenji
This is a comprehensive collection of writings by Zen master Dogen, focusing on his work Treasury of the True Dharma Eye , and concluding with his death poem. Dogen Zenji…
John Daido Loori,Kazuaki Tanahashi
A collection of three hundred koans, or teaching stories, compiled by Dogen, a key figure in Zen history.
An illuminating in-depth study of one of the most well-known and recited of all the Buddhist texts-by the renowned modern translator.
An illuminating in-depth study of one of the most…
Mitsu Suzuki
A White Tea Bowl is a selection of 100 haiku written by Mitsu Suzuki, the widow of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, and published in celebration of her 100th birthday on April…
Nghasena Sa
One hundred stories from the most humorous sutra in Buddhist literature offer numerous lessons for students, teachers, and spiritual seekers, each poking fun at basic human appetites, delusions, and foibles…
Kazuaki Tanahashi,David Schneider
This comprehensive guide is a lively introduction to Zen Buddhism. It includes stories, quotes, Koans and lucid explanatory notes to enlighten, inform and stimulate further discussion.
