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Buddhist mystics, theologians and scriptures

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Theravada Buddhism

The Dhammapada, a collection of the Buddha's sayings which were compiled during the third century BC.

The Dhammapada. Trans. John Richards. Pembrokeshire (UK), 1993.
URL http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/freenet/rootdir/menus/sigs/religion/buddhism/introduction/sutras/dhammapada.html

Zen Buddhism

Bodhidharma, the first patriarch of Zen Buddhism. He is responsible for bringing Zen from India to China during the 5th century AD.: Bodhidharma. The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma. Trans. Red Pine. New York: North Point Press, 1987.
ISBN 0865473994.
Merzel, Dennis Genpo, a contemporay teacher of Zen. In the work listed below he discusses Verses on the Faith Mind, which is the first known poem to expound Zen Buddhism. It was reputedly written by the third patriarch of Zen Buddhism during the latter half of the 6th Century AD.: Merzel, Dennis Genpo. The Eye never sleeps: Striking to the heart of zen. Boston: Shambhala Publications, Inc., 1991.
ISBN 0877735697
Takuan Soho, abbot of an important Zen monastery in Kyoto, Japan at the beginning of the 17th century AD. This particular work is addressed to a samurai and conveys its teaching through the use martial art metaphors.: Takuan Soho. The Unfettered Mind. Trans. William Scott Wilson. Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd., 1986.
ISBN 087011851X

Tibetan Buddhism

Sogyal Rinpoche, a contemporary teacher of Tibetan Buddhism. His works are geared to explaining Tibetan Buddhism to the West.: Sogyal Rinpoche. The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 1993.
ISBN 006250834