Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Suzuki, Shunryu; Dixon, Trudy - 1994

New York + Tokyo: Weatherhill Inc.. Near Fine 1994. Softcover. Marfree, fresh recent ILLUS prtg, very good, double maroon endpapers, stiff 2 color french wrapper; not marked-in, underscored, clearance or discard. Mails from NYC usually within 12 hours. ; 0.47 x 8.30 x 5.52; 138 pages; Online Rev. : A respected Zen master in Japan and founder of the San Francisco Zen Center, Shunryu Suzuki has blazed a path in American Buddhism like few others. He is the master who climbs down from the pages of the koan books and answers your questions face to face. If not face to face, you can at least find the answers as recorded in Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, a transcription of juicy excerpts from his lectures. From diverse topics such as transience of the world, sudden enlightenment, and the nuts and bolts of meditation, Suzuki always returns to the idea of beginner's mind, a recognition that our original nature is our true nature. With beginner's mind, we dedicate ourselves to sincere practice, without the thought of gaining anything special. Day to day life becomes our Zen training, and we discover that "to study Buddhism is to study ourselves. " And to know our true selves is to be enlightened. --Brian Bruya From Library Journal In one of the best and most succinct introductions to Zen practice, the important teacher Shunryu Suzuki discusses posture and breathing in meditation as well as selflessness, emptiness, and mindfulness. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. .