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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
by Shunryu Suzuki
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780834800793 |
Powells.com Staff Pick
Over the past 10 years I've owned several copies of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: I just can't resist giving it away. In fact, my first copy was given to me by a karate sensei who recommended I "not read it cover to cover, but instead read whichever chapter I happen to open." I still follow this advice, and it never disappoints. For me to go on and on about how this book inspires me, yet keeps me grounded would miss the point, so I'll simply pull a favorite quote: "Without any intentional, fancy way of adjusting yourself, to express yourself as you are is the most important thing."
Recommended by Clyde B.
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
Zen mind is one of those enigmatic phrases used by Zen teachers to throw you back upon yourself, to make you go behind the words themselves and begin wondering. "I know what my own mind is," you tell yourself, "but what is Zen mind?" And then: "But do I really know what my own mind is?" Is it what I am doing now? Is it what I am thinking now?" And if you should then try to sit physically still for a while to see if you can locate it--then you have begun the practice of Zen, then you have begun to realize the unrestricted mind. The innocence of this first inquiry--just asking what you are--is beginner's mind. The mind of the beginner is needed throughout Zen practice. It is the open mind, the attitude that includes both doubt and possibility, the ability to see things always as fresh and new. It is needed in all aspects of life. Beginner's mind is the practice of Zen mind. This book originated from a series of talks given by Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki to a small group is Los Altos, California. He joined their meditation periods once a week and afterwards answered their questions and tried to encourage them in their practice of Zen and help them solve the problems of life. His approach is informal, and he draws his examples from ordinary events and common sense. Zen is now and here, he is saying; it can be as meaningful for the West as for the East. But his fundamental teaching and practice and drawn from all the centuries of Zen Buddhism and especially from Dogen, one of the most important and creative of all Zen Masters.
Synopsis:
This text offers a series of insights into the Zen mind.
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diamondgirl379, January 12, 2008 (view all comments by diamondgirl379)
Excellent book, I have this one too.
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780834800793
- Editor:
- Dixon, Trudy
- Author:
- Author:
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Weatherhill
- Location:
- New York ;
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Meditation
- Subject:
- Zen buddhism
- Subject:
- Buddhism - General
- Copyright:
- 1972
- Edition Number:
- 1st rev. ed.
- Edition Description:
- 1st ed., eighth paperback printing.
- Series Volume:
- 92-18
- Publication Date:
- April 1973
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Yes
- Pages:
- 132
- Dimensions:
- 8.22x5.52x.43 in. .56 lbs.
