Named one of the 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Twentieth Century ( Spirituality & Practice ) A 50th Anniversary Edition of the bestselling Zen classic on meditation, maintaining a curious and open mind, and living with simplicity.
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..
In the fifty years since its original publication, Zen Mind, Beginner\'s Mind has become one of the great modern spiritual classics, much beloved, much reread, and much recommended as the best first book to read on Zen.
It is an instant teaching on the first page--and that\'s just the beginning.
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.
Seldom has such a small handful of words provided a teaching as rich as has this famous opening line.
So begins this most beloved of all American Zen books.
In the beginner\'s Mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert\'s there are few.
Named one of the 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Twentieth Century ( Spirituality & Practice ) A 50th Anniversary Edition of the bestselling Zen classic on meditation, maintaining a curious and open mind, and living with simplicity