Book Club Reading Schedule
ASZC Book Schedule
“Nothing Special” by Charlotte Joko Beck
July 14 2025 — February 2 2026
Jul 14 p. 3-10
Whirlpool and stagnant waters
Jul 21 p. 10-17
The Cocoon of pain
Jul 28 p. 17-24
Sisyphus and the Burden of Life
Aug 4 p. 24-31
Responding to Pressure
Aug 11 p. 31-45
The Baseboard
Sacrifice and Victims
Aug 18 p. 45-57
The Promise That is Never Kept
Justice
Aug 25 p. 57-67
The Talk That Nobody Wants to Hear
***Labor Day Break
Sep 8 p. 67-71
The Eye of the Hurricane
Sep15 p.75-84
Can Anything Hurt Us?
Sep 22 p.84-93
The Subject-Object Problem
Sep 29 p.93-103
Integration
The tomato Fighters
Oct 6 p.103-110
Do Not Judge
Oct 13 p.113-122
Preparing the ground
Experiences and Experiencing
Oct 20 p.122-132 MLK Jr. Day
Icy Couch
Oct 27 p.132-146
Melting Ice Cubes
The Castle and the Moat
Nov 3 p.9-158
The Paradox of Awareness
Nov 10 p. 158-168
Coming to Our Senses
Nov 17 p. 168-181
Attention Means Attention
False Generalizations
***Nov 17 Thanksgiving Break
Dec 1 p. 181-193
Listening to the Body
The Six Stages of Practice
Dec 8 p. 193-202
Curiosity and Obsession
Dec 15 p. 202-218
Transformation
The Natural Man
Dec 22 p. 121-232
The Fall
The sound of the Dove-& a critical Voice
***Christmas/New Years Break
Jan 5 p. 232-245
Joy
Chaos and Wonder
Jan 12 p. 249-258
From Dharma to No Dharma
Simple Mind
***Martin Luther King Jr. Day Break
Jan 26 p. 258-267
Dorothy and the Locked Door
Feb 2 p. 267-273
Wandering In the Desert
Practice is giving
Past Reading List
Below are the list of books that have been read and explored in our Monday night discussion group.
Dropping Ashes on the Buddha: The Teachings of Zen Master Seung Sahn - Stephen Mitchell
The Heart of Being - Daido Loori
Nothing Special - Charlotte Joko Beck
Everyday Zen - Charlotte Joko Beck
Ordinary Wonder - Charlotte Joko Beck
No Beginning, No End - Jakusho Kwong-Roshi
Not Always So - Shunryo Suzuki-Roshi
Returning To Silence - Dainin Katagiri-Roshi
Opening The Hand Of Thought - Kosho Uchiyama
From The Zen Kitchen To Enlightenment-Eihei Dogen- Zengi And Kosho Uchiyama-Roshi
The Kyosaku(Archive Volume I) - Rev. Zengaku Soyu Matsuoka-Roshi
The Mind Of Clover- Robert Aitken
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind - Shunryo Suzuki-Roshi
When You Greet Me I Bow - Norman Fischer