Zen mind, beginner's mind
Suzuki, Shunryu, 1904-19712020
Book
A 50th anniversary edition of the classic guide to Zen, now with a preface by the late religion scholar Huston Smith, and an introduction by Richard Baker. "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.
Main title:
Zen mind, beginner's mind / Shunryu Suzuki ; edited by Trudy Dixon, with a preface by Huston Smith, an introduction by Richard Baker, and an afterword by David Chadwick.
Author:
Suzuki, Shunryu, 1904-1971, authorDixon, Trudy, 1939-1969, editor
Edition:
50th anniversary edition.
Imprint:
Boulder : Shambhala, 2020.
Collation:
xx, 148 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9781611808414 ((trade paperback ; : acid-free paper))
Dewey class:
294.344435294.34435
LC class:
BQ9288
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3213904