| Philosophical Meditations on Zen Buddhism DS Wright Cambridge University Press, 2000 | 185 | 2000 |
| The Koan: texts and contexts in Zen Buddhism S Heine, DS Wright Oxford University Press, 2000 | 174 | 2000 |
| Rethinking transcendence: The role of language in Zen experience DS Wright Philosophy East and West 42 (1), 113-138, 1992 | 95 | 1992 |
| The six perfections: Buddhism and the cultivation of character DS Wright Oxford University Press, 2009 | 83 | 2009 |
| The six perfections: Buddhism and the cultivation of character DS Wright Oxford University Press, 2009 | 83 | 2009 |
| Zen ritual: Studies of Zen Buddhist theory in practice S Heine, DS Wright Oxford University Press, 2007 | 75 | 2007 |
| The Zen canon: Understanding the classic texts DS Wright Oxford University Press, 2004 | 55 | 2004 |
| The Zen canon: Understanding the classic texts DS Wright Oxford University Press, 2004 | 55 | 2004 |
| Critical questions towards a naturalized concept of karma in Buddhism DS Wright Journal of Buddhist Ethics 12, 78-93, 2005 | 54 | 2005 |
| Zen Classics: Formative Texts in the History of Zen Buddhism S Heine, DS Wright Oxford University Press, 2005 | 50 | 2005 |
| The significance of paradoxical language in Hua-yen Buddhism DS Wright Philosophy East and West 32 (3), 325-338, 1982 | 35 | 1982 |
| Introduction: rethinking ritual practice in Zen Buddhism DS Wright Zen ritual: Studies of Zen Buddhist theory in practice, 3-20, 2008 | 30 | 2008 |
| What is Buddhist enlightenment? DS Wright Oxford University Press, 2016 | 28 | 2016 |
| The discourse of awakening: rhetorical practice in classical Ch'an Buddhism DS Wright Journal of the American Academy of Religion 61 (1), 23-40, 1993 | 27 | 1993 |
| Zen masters S Heine, D Wright Oxford University Press, 2010 | 25 | 2010 |
| Historical understanding: the Ch'an Buddhist transmission narratives and modern historiography DS Wright History and Theory, 37-46, 1992 | 24 | 1992 |
| Koan history: Transformative language in Chinese Buddhist thought D Wright Heine and Wright 2000, 200-212, 2000 | 21 | 2000 |
| ‘Rules of Purity’in Japanese Zen TG Foulk, DS Wright Zen Classics: Formative Texts in the History of Zen Buddhism, 137-70, 2005 | 20 | 2005 |
| Language and Truth in Hua‐yen Buddhism D Wright Journal of Chinese Philosophy 13 (1), 21-47, 1986 | 20 | 1986 |
| Introduction: Koan tradition—Self-narrative and contemporary perspectives S Heine, DS Wright The Koan: Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism, edited by Steven Heine and …, 2000 | 19 | 2000 |
