Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
informal talks on zen meditation and practice
$45.61
- Hardcover
208 pages
- Release Date
14 December 2006
Summary
Unlock Your Potential: Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.” So begins this most beloved of all American Zen books. Seldom has such a small handful of words provided a teaching as rich as has this famous opening line of Shunryu Suzuki’s classic. In a single stroke, the simple sentence cuts through the pervasive tendency students have of getting so close to Zen as to completely miss what it’s all about. An …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781590302675 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1590302672 |
| Series: | Shambhala Library |
| Author: | Shunryu Suzuki, Trudy Dixon, Huston Smith, Richard Baker |
| Publisher: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Imprint: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 14 December 2006 |
| Weight: | 261g |
| Dimensions: | 180mm x 114mm x 19mm |
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“One of the best and most succinct introductions to Zen practice.”–Library Journal “This is one of the top five Buddhist books, ever.”–Elephant
“One of the best and most succinct introductions to Zen practice.”—Library Journal “Though covering Zen basics like zazen posture, bowing, intention, and so on, Suzuki Roshi’s masterwork is hardly just for Zen people—or just for beginners, for that matter. It skillfully introduces important Buddhist concepts like non-attachment, emptiness, and enlightenment.”—Lion’s Roar“This is one of the top five Buddhist books, ever.“—Elephant Journal
About The Author
Shunryu Suzuki
Shunryu Suzuki (1904-1971) was one of the most influential spiritual teachers of the twentieth century and is truly a founding father of Zen in America. A Japanese priest of the Soto lineage, he taught in the United States from 1959 until his death. He was the founder of the San Francisco Zen Center and the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. He is the author of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind and Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness- Zen Talks on the Sandokai, and he is the subject of the biography Crooked Cucumber by David Chadwick.
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