About this title: These lightly-edited but mostly verbatim lectures date from the end of 1971, when Shunryu Suzuki, author of the classic ZEN MIND, BEGINNER'S MIND, was dying of cancer. With warm humor and humility he addresses the topics of life, death, breathing, meditation, and the direct experience of being.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HarperOne
Date Published: 5/27/2003
ISBN-13:9780060957544ISBN:0060957549
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HarperOne
Date Published: 2003-06-01
ISBN-13:9780060957544ISBN:0060957549
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Edition: Reprint.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: HarperOne, New York
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780060957544ISBN:0060957549
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date Published: 5/28/2002
ISBN-13:9780060197858ISBN:0060197854
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Description: Thirty years after his death, Suzuki's first book, "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, " continues to be one of the world's bestselling books on Buddhism. This second volume contains his final simple, powerful words, given when he knew he was dying. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Quill
Date Published: 2003-06-01
ISBN-13:9780060957544ISBN:0060957549
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HarperOne
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780060957544ISBN:0060957549
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"eh... valid points, but i do believe a little coherency would have been appreciated. and concise would be nice. it was distracting which is... i would imagine - precisely what we do not want."
"A beautiful book based on a series of lectures Suzuki Roshi gave at Tassajara Zen Center in the Ventana Wilderness. A founder of the San Francisco Zen Center, his lectures are simple, direct with a beauty inherent in those two qualities. The Zen tradition over other Buddhist traditions is known for cutting through apparent difficulties or complexities with simple realizations and his lectures are an embodiment of that simplicity. His voice is kind and inspirational and I feel lucky to have these lectures transcribed. There is a realization that life is as complicated as we make it to be not as it is and that as he says, "we are give just enough problems" without these problems life would not be worth living just as it might be with too many problems but we are given "just enough".
These lectures are a wonderful inspiration to continue ones practice."
"I love Suzuki because he does not ask that you not be yourself in order to transcend yourself to achieve zennie inner peace. In fact, he suggests you "enjoy" your problems because they are part of the structure of your life, show you who you are, allow you to grow and change, and/or may not even actually be problems.
He's of the school where you sit and meditate your ego away for periods. I don't follow with that at this time. Yet, I read his books right after the most important person in my life died and I was unable to breathe or be in my own skin. His descriptions of how to regard one's own pain or joy or struggling were transformative for me. I was able to access his concepts of living in the present, enjoying moments, butterflies, whatever was around me, and forget the painful roar of grief for a few moments or even minutes.
This skill has never left me since reading his books. I find them to be absolutely the most accessible of any on zen. They consist of transcriptions of lectures he gave in the 70's & 80's on his practice, lectures he thought might be helpful for others. They are mostly about experience rather than buddhist doctrine. They are an excellent place to start if you are interested in knowing what zen is like as a day-to-day thing versus a religious or historical bent."
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