Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (Shambhala Library)
by Shunryu Suzuki
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Author: Shunryu SuzukiEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-10-10
ISBN: 1590302672
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Shambhala
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Book Review: Great Meditation Book
Summary: 5 Stars
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki is a book that will take you through varied topics like, 'sudden enlightenment' and 'transience of the world'. It sounds difficult but once you realize that your original nature is actually your true nature you begin to understand the fundamentals of Buddhism which is really the "mindful" study of oneself.
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"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.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
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