What to Read After Master Dogen's Shobogenzo
Readers who loved Master Dogen's Shobogenzo by Dōgen Zenji keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Master Dogen's Shobogenzo is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Master Dogen's Shobogenzo
The Glance
The Diamond Sutra and the Sutra of Hui-Neng
The Mission of Art
Gateless Gate
Religion and Nothingness (Nanzan Studies in Religion and Culture)
The Masnavi, book one
Call Me by My True Names
Opening the Hand of Thought
I asked for wonder
The secret oral teachings in Tibetan Buddhist sects
DMT and the Soul of Prophecy
The Manitous
Selected Poems
Secrets of the Talking Jaguar
Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones
Hardcore Zen
An introduction to Zen Buddhism
Sit down and Shut Up
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
The Way of Zen
The Magus
Siddhartha
Cat's Cradle