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by peregrine 5912 days ago
Can you suggest some good reading? Watts has a ton of stuff out there..
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Watts is fun, but not very practical or informative. The anti-intellectual tendency of Zen makes it relatively difficult as field of self-study. All schools of Buddhism necessarily rely on teacher feedback, but the dependence in Zen is particularly acute.

The book I learned from is Wake Up To Your Life, by Ken McLeod. Mindfulness in Plain English is also excellent, and available for free online.

The Way of Zen is great. The paradoxes of Zen are fun if you're a programmer-type.