Books

BOOKS BY ROBERT AITKEN:

The River of Heaven: The Haiku of Basho, Buson, Issa, and Shiki. Berkeley: Counterpoint (2011). ISBN-10: 1582437106; ISBN-13: 978-1582437101.
Miniatures of a Zen Master. Berkeley: Counterpoint (2008). ISBN-10: 1-58243-441-7; ISBN-13 978-1-58243-441-4.
Vegetable Roots Discourse: Wisdom from Ming China on Life and Living with Daniel Kwok. Berkeley: Conterpoint (2007). ISBN-10: 1593761201; ISBN-13: 978-1593761202.
The Morning Star: New and Selected Zen Writings. Washington, DC: Shoemaker & Hoard (2003). ISBN 1-59376-001-0.
Zen Master Raven: Savings and Doings of a Wise Bird. Boston: Tuttle (2002). ISBN 0-8048-3473-3.
Original Dwelling Place: Zen Buddhist Essays. Washington, DC: Counterpoint (1996). ISBN 1-887178-16-3.
The Practice of Perfection: The Paramitas from a Zen Buddhist Perspective [-kindle-]. San Francisco and New York: Pantheon Books (1994). ISBN 0-679-43510-7.
The Ground We Share: Everyday Practice, Buddhist and Christian with David Steindl-Rast. Ligouri, Missouri: Triumph Books, (1994). ISBN 0-89243-644-1.
Encouraging Words: Zen Buddhist Teachings for Western Students [-kindle-]. San Francisco and New York: Pantheon Books (1993). ISBN 0-679-75652-3.
The Dragon who Never Sleeps: Verses for Zen Buddhist Practice. Berkeley: Parallax Press (1992). ISBN 0- 938077-60-0.
The Gateless Barrier: The Wu-menkuan (Mumonkan). San Francisco: North Point Press (1990). ISBN 0- 86547-442-7.
The Mind of Clover: Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics. San Francisco: North Point Press (1984). ISBN 0-86547- 158-4.
Taking the Path of Zen. San Francisco: North Point Press (1982). ISBN 0-86547-080-4.
A Zen Wave: Basho's Haiku and Zen. New York: Weatherhill (1978). ISBN 0-8348-0 137-X
Hawaii Upward Bound Writing and Art 1966: A Project of the Office of Economic Opportunity. Robert Aitken, Editor (Honolulu: Hawai΄i OEO. 1966).
A Buddhist Reader. Honolulu: Young Buddhist Association (1961).
Zen Training. A Personal Account. Honolulu: Old Island Books (1960). Reissued by Literary Licensing, LLC (2011). ISBN-10: 1258159694; ISBN-13: 978-1258159696.