Suggested Reading List

  1. Tai Chi ~ Cheng Man-Ch'ing & R W Smith.   ISBN - 0-8048-3593-4 (Paperback) or ISBN - 0-8048-0560 (Hardback)
  2. Cheng Tzu's 13 Treaties on Tai Chi Chuan ~ Chen Man-Ch' ing.   ISBN - 9-780938-3190455
  3. My Words Are Very Easy To Understand ~ Lao Tzu .   ISBN 0-913028-91-6
  4. The Book of Chuang Tzu - Penguin Classics
  5.  Tao Te Ching The Way and It's Power - trans Arthur Waley
  6. Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching - trans Red Pine
  7. Wen Tzu,  Understanding The Mysteries  ~ Thomas Cleary.   ISBN - 0-87773-862-9
  8. Vitality, Energy, Spirit - A Taoist Source Book ~ Thomas Cleary.   ISBN 08773-519-0
  9. The Art of War ~ Sun Tzu ~ Translation : Thomas Cleary.   ISBN 08773-452-6
  10. Cheng Man-Ch'ing ~ Mark Hennessy.   ISBN - 0-883319-03-X
  11. Cheng Man-Ch'ing ~ Advanced Tai Chi Instructions : Douglas Wile.   ISBN - 0-912059-03-6
  12. There Are No Secrets ~ W Lowenthal.   ISBN - 1-55643-112-0
  13. Gateway To the Miraculous ~ W Lowenthal.   ISBN - 1-883319-13-7
  14. Essence of Tai Chi Chuan ~ Lo/Inn/Amacker/Foe.   ISBN - 0-913028-63-0
  15. Tai Chi Chuan Ta Wen ~ Chen Wei Ming.   ISBN 0938190-67-9
  16. Chinese Boxing - Masters and Methods ~ R W Smith.   ISBN - 1-55643-085-X
  17. Wisdom of Tai Chi Masters - Nigel Sutton ISBN 97806.9225.0914 (Recommended reading for senior students.)
  18. Steal My Art - Life of Master T T Liang ~ Stuart Alve Olsen.   ISBN - 155643416-2
  19. Embrace Tiger Return to Mountain - Al Huang ISBN - 0-89087-504-9
  20. The Monastery of Jade Mountain ~ Peter Goullart.   ISBN - 1-86143-079-5
  21. Taoism - The Way to Immortality - John Blofeld ISBN-0-8773-034-2
  22. Zen Flesh, Zen Bones.   Paul Reps ~ ISBN - 0-14-028832-5
  23. Tao - The Watercourse Way - Alan Watts ISBN-01402.2154.9
  24. Timeless Spring ~ Thomas Cleary.   ISBN - 0-8348-0148-5
  25. The Book of Five Ring ~ Thomas Cleary - ISBN - 10-1590302468 or ISBN - 13-978-1590302468
  26. Dark Night of the Soul - St John of the Cross
  27. The Cloud of Unknowing ISBN-0-87773-350-3
  28. Abundant Peace - Biography of M Ueshiba ~ John Stevens. ISBN - 0-87773-350-3
  29. Pure Heart, Enlightened Mind ~ Maura Shoshin O 'Halloran.
  30. Zen in the Art of Archery ~ Eugine HerrigalI. ISBN 10-0375705090 or ISBN 12-978-0375705090
  31. Zen Teachings of Stonehouse. Publisher: Mercury House. ISNB 156279101X.
  32. Autobiography of a Yoga - Parmahamsa Yogananda
  33. Bringing Yoga to Life ~ Donna Fahri. ISBN 9780060-750466
  34. The Sufis ~Idries Shah.   ISBN - 0-352-39604-0
  35. I am Wind You are Fire ~ Anna Marie Scimmel. ISBN 1-57062-246-9
  36. The Prophet ~ Kahlil Gibran.   ISBN 0-330-26220-3
  37. Daughter of Fire ~ Irina Tweedie ISBN 10-0963457454 or ISBN 13-978-0963457454
  38. The Little Prince ~ Antoine De St-Exupery. Any edition (Paperback Pref)
  39. The Old Man and The Sea ~ Hemingway.   Any edition (Paperback Pref)
  40. The Serpent ~ Neil M Gunn.   ISBN - 0-285-62328-1
  41. Don Juan ~ Carlos Castenada.   (Paperback)
  42. Tuesdays with Morrie ~ M Albom.   (Also on Video)   ISBN 0-316-64805-1
  43. Jonathon Livingston Seagull ~ R Bach.   Any paperback edition
  44. The Heart of the Hunter ~ Laurens Van Der Post. ISBN 10: 0099428741 / 0-09-942874-1 ISBN 13:9780099428749
  45. The Worm Forgives The Plow ~ John Stewart Collis. ISBN 978-0099529~484
  46. Hidden Journey ~ Andrew Harvey. ISBN 1907486437
  47. Meister Eckhart ~ Meditations ~ M. Fox. ISBN 0939680-041
  48. Dipa Ma ~ Amy Schmidt. ISBN 1-899579-73-7
  49. The Spiritual Teachings ~ Sri Ramana Maharshi.   ISBN 0-8773-024-5

Note

At some point you will be required to forget all of your book acquired knowledge

Yu-Noh-Hu