If you liked The five houses of Zen by Thomas F. Cleary, start with Further teachings of Lao-tzu (1991), The Original face (1978), and The Zen reader (2011). These recommendations are drawn from the same author, shared genres, and reader overlap on BookOrb.

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Recommended next reads

  1. 1 Further teachings of Lao-tzu 1991 · 184 pages · Thomas F. Cleary, Thomas Cleary · Same author
  2. 2 The Original face 1978 · 158 pages · Thomas F. Cleary · Same author
  3. 3 The Zen reader 2011 · 160 pages · Thomas F. Cleary · Same author
  4. 4 Rational Zen, the mind of Dōgen Zenji 1993 · 225 pages · Thomas F. Cleary · Same author
  5. 5 Wie Weiches über Hartes siegt. Die hohe Schule der Kampfkunst. 1998 · Siao Weijia, Thomas F. Cleary · Same author
  6. 6 Also Sprach Laotse 1995 · Wen-tzu, Thomas F. Cleary · Same author
  7. 7 The Japanese art of war 1991 · 126 pages · Thomas F. Cleary, Thomas Cleary · Same author
  8. 8 The Taoist classics 2003 · 485 pages · Thomas F. Cleary, Thomas Cleary · Same author
  9. 9 Vitalidad, Energia y Espiritu - Antologia Taoista 2000 · Thomas F. Cleary · Same author
  10. 10 The spirit of Tao 1993 · 198 pages · Thomas F. Cleary · Same author
  11. 11 Zen essence 1989 · 117 pages · Thomas F. Cleary · Same author
  12. 12 The counsels of Cormac 2004 · 50 pages · Cormac mac Airt king of Ireland, Thomas F. Cleary, Thomas Cleary · Same author

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What should I read after The five houses of Zen?

BookOrb recommends Further teachings of Lao-tzu (1991), The Original face (1978), The Zen reader (2011), Rational Zen, the mind of Dōgen Zenji (1993), and Wie Weiches über Hartes siegt. Die hohe Schule der Kampfkunst. (1998).

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The five houses of Zen is by Thomas F. Cleary.