Book List
Zen:
- One Straw Revolution – Masanobu Fukuoka (Larry Korn translation)
- The Way of Zen – Alan Watts
- Hsin Hsin Ming – Seng-ts’an (Eric Putkonen translation)
- The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are – Alan Watts
- Tao: The Watercourse Way – Alan Watts
- The Way of Chuang Tzu – Thomas Merton
- The Unfettered Mind – Takuan Soho (William Scott Wilson translation)
- Bankei Zen – Peter Haskel
- Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind – Shunryu Suzuki
- Tao Te Ching – Lao Tzu (Stephen Mitchell translation)
- Book of Lieh Tzu (Lionel Giles translation)
- Basho: The Complete Haiku (Jane Reichhold translation)
The other translations of Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu) to fully grasp his meaning:
- The Complete Works Of Chuang Tzu – Burton Watson
- The Chuang Tzu – Lutang Yin
Extended List:
- The Zen Teachings of Master Lin Chi – Burton Watson
- Joyous Cosmology – Alan Watts
- Zen in the Art of Archery – Eugen Herrigel
- Zen Bow, Zen Arrow – John Stevens
Also read everything about the following Zen Masters:
- Bodhidharma
- Huike
- Sengcan
- Daoxin
- Farong
- Hongren
- Huineng
Strategy:
- Discourses on Livy – Machiavelli (Oxford’s World’s Classics)
- The Art of War – Sun Tzu
- A Book of Five Rings – Miyamoto Musashi
- Tao of Jeet Kune Do – Bruce Lee (warning: large file size)
- The Art of War – Machiavelli
- Seven Pillars of Wisdom – T.E. Lawrence
Also read everything you can about:
- Napoleon
- Patton
- Takeda Shingen
- T.E. Lawrence
Listening List
Zen:
- Every talk by Alan Watts that you can find on the internet.
Watch List
Strategy:
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- Patton (1970)
Recent History:
- Bitter Lake – Adam Curtis
- Hypernormalization – Adam Curtis
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