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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

by Richard Baker, Shunryu Suzuki, Huston Smith
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Zen wisdom distilled; profound in simplicity.

If Zen has piqued your curiosity, "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind" could be a breath of fresh air. Suzuki Roshi's eloquence simplifies Zen principles, making them accessible for beginners and a reflective journey for the seasoned. Its enduring relevance lies in its ability to reveal layers of insight with each reading, inviting not just understanding, but practice and experience.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

by Richard Baker, Shunryu Suzuki, Huston Smith
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ISBN: 9781590302675
Authors: Richard Baker, Shunryu Suzuki, Huston Smith
Publisher: Shambhala
Date of Publication: 2006-10-10
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Philosophy, Personal Development
Related Topics: Personal Development, Psychology
Goodreads rating: 4.21
(rated by 45838 readers)

Description

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 instant teaching on the first page. And that's just the beginning. In the thirty years since its original publication, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind has become one of the great modern Zen classics, much beloved, much re-read, and much recommended as the best first book to read on Zen. Suzuki Roshi presents the basics—from the details of posture and breathing in zazen to the perception of nonduality—in a way that is not only remarkably clear, but that also resonates with the joy of insight from the first to the last page. It's a book to come back to time and time again as an inspiration to practice.
 

Zen wisdom distilled; profound in simplicity.

If Zen has piqued your curiosity, "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind" could be a breath of fresh air. Suzuki Roshi's eloquence simplifies Zen principles, making them accessible for beginners and a reflective journey for the seasoned. Its enduring relevance lies in its ability to reveal layers of insight with each reading, inviting not just understanding, but practice and experience.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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