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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Dewey Decimal Number: 294 EAN: 9780944993071 Format: Abridged ISBN: 0944993079 Label: Audio Literature Manufacturer: Audio Literature Number Of Items: 2 Publication Date: 1988-08 Publisher: Audio Literature Studio: Audio Literature Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: 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 Product Description: Read by a practitioner of Zen Buddhism, informal talks on Zen meditation and using Zen as a workable discipline and religion. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Shushô: Practice/EnlightenmentWho would want to criticise Suzuki-roshi, perhaps the best-loved figure in American Zen, or this wise, likeable book, the result of a lifetime's dedicated practice? Still it does show up the limitations of Sôtô Zen as practised in Japan, and still more when seeded overseas. Sôtô Zen leads to an open-ended model of practice. You sit for the sake of sitting, not to achieve anything. Your practice goes on and on like a meandering river, now swift and narrow, now broad and slow, and ... Read More Rating:  - Know and not knowI was looking for a Zen book to help relieve work stress. Reading this book helpped me understanding my ignorance. I cannot claim I now know Zen since that would defeat the author's goal of teaching "Beginner's Mind". Learning is a continuos process so Zen is a practice, not an end to understanding a subject. Other than the concept of "Begginer's Mind", I thought "No Gaining Thought" is intriguing in looking at the world and doing the things you want to do in life. A great book to go back repeatedly. Rating: - ExcellentNutshell review - This is a beautiful book on Zen. It is an excellent book both for the novice and the seasoned practitioner. There are some valuable insights and lessons in this little book for anyone interested in Zen. Rating: - If you are going to read on book on Zen...Right HereI can't count how many times I have read this book. this book is the rudder in my life. Rating: - a great book and even better b/c you can find it free onlineAgain, I'll make this review very quick. A great book, although sometimes comfusing with apparently paradoxical language (which is fairly commen in zen buddhism). That aside, this book can be very helpful for beginner as well as long-practicing buddhists. It is especially helpful for any home-practicing buddhist out there who do not have the added benefit of a zendo nearby. An even better bonus is that it can be found online for free if you look hard enough. cheers. 
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