Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Weatherhill
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780834800793ISBN:0834800799
Description: Acceptable. Book may have underlining, highlighting, or notes throughout. Minor water damage, does not effect readability. Well used. Still readable but not for the collector. All orders processed within 2 business days. Ships from Foxboro MA. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Weatherhill
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780834800793ISBN:0834800799
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Minor bumping to lower corners of wraps. Text is unmarked. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 132 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Weatherhill
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780834800793ISBN:0834800799
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket. 0834800799. 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 ... read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 132 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Weatherhill, NY
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780834800793ISBN:0834800799
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 132 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Cover is slightly scuffed, small slight stain on corner. No creasing on spine. Very nice condition. read more
Description: Good + Paperback in good + condition. The book has a few light creases, some curles, very little edge wear, pages are clean, [Satisfaction guaranteed! ]. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Weatherhill
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780834800793ISBN:0834800799
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 132 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
"Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind is, apparently, the collected lectures of Shunryu Suzuki on Zen Buddhism and especially the practice of zazen, the 'just sitting and meditating' part of Buddhist practice. The book is replete with ostensibly paradoxical statements, but past that kind of Zen argot, it's easy to discern the meaningfulness of Zen practice--at least I think so. As I understand it, the practitioner of Zen meditation, by meditating, attempts to achieve a different conscious state, one that, Buddhists claim, is somehow more in keeping with 'the revealed nature of reality' and in harmony with it. At the very least, it's hard to sleight the Buddhist's search for equanimity in the practice and by extension in everyday life."
"This is a wonderful description of Zen through the translations of Shunryu Suzuki, one of the first true Zen priests to come to the United States in order to spread Zen teaching to the West. He founded the Zen Center of San Francisco, which now is a group of training centers, retreat centers, and even a restaurant. But back to basics--back to the self--is where Suzuki was trying to direct his congregation. Simple, yet profound--quiet and clear--this little "instruction manual" hits the nail on the head of Zen practice. Check it out!"
"From what I could tell, an interesting discussion of the ideas behind Zen Buddhism. The "author" is in fact a speaker, and each chapter comes from talks he gave to practicing Zen Buddhists. As I read it as a non-Buddhist interested in Asian thought (and particularly Asian religious thought), I found it to be at times confusing (though obviously this comes from attempting to understand another's culture through the medium of a single book). Suzuki's aim is (it seems to me) is to describe Zen Buddhism as he sees it, not to describe its history or the reasons he came to America from Japan (which is a pity. I think such a discussion would have been interesting). In the end, a good, thought-provoking read for those interested in Asian religions and Zen Buddhism, though in no way a substitute for an actual teacher."
"Before reading Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, I thought that Buddhism was very negative since there is so much talk of "suffering". This book convinced me that Buddhism really isn't very negative, and mostly just makes a lot of sense. After reading it, I read more about meditation and Buddhism, and I now consider myself to be Buddhist (though not Zen)."
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