Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Weatherhill
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780834800793ISBN:0834800799
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Minor bumping to lower corners of wraps. Text is unmarked. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 132 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Weatherhill, NY
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780834800793ISBN:0834800799
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 132 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Cover is slightly scuffed, small slight stain on corner. No creasing on spine. Very nice condition. read more
Description: Good + Paperback in good + condition. The book has a few light creases, some curles, very little edge wear, pages are clean, [Satisfaction guaranteed! ]. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Weatherhill
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780834800793ISBN:0834800799
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 132 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Weatherhill
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780834800793ISBN:0834800799
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by author. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 132 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Very Good. 5 1/2 x 8. In very good, clean, unmarked condition. Cover shows light edge/shelfwear. Spine uncreased. Informal talks on meditation and practice. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Weatherhill
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780834800793ISBN:0834800799
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 132 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good+ As issued No Jacket. Spine lean, corner bumps, handling creases to both covers, scratches to the rear cover, and other light to moderate shopwear. read more
Edition: Revised Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780834800793ISBN:0834800799
Description: Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 138 pp.; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. "'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 ... read more
Binding: 26th ptg
Publisher: Weatherhill Pub, NY
Date Published: 1970, 1986
ISBN-13:9780834800793ISBN:0834800799
Description: Author Photo Back Cover. GOOD Condition, first several pages minor soil & fold. 5x8" Paper Covers 138pg Informal Talks on Zen Meditation & practice. read more
"Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind is, apparently, the collected lectures of Shunryu Suzuki on Zen Buddhism and especially the practice of zazen, the 'just sitting and meditating' part of Buddhist practice. The book is replete with ostensibly paradoxical statements, but past that kind of Zen argot, it's easy to discern the meaningfulness of Zen practice--at least I think so. As I understand it, the practitioner of Zen meditation, by meditating, attempts to achieve a different conscious state, one that, Buddhists claim, is somehow more in keeping with 'the revealed nature of reality' and in harmony with it. At the very least, it's hard to sleight the Buddhist's search for equanimity in the practice and by extension in everyday life."
"This is a wonderful description of Zen through the translations of Shunryu Suzuki, one of the first true Zen priests to come to the United States in order to spread Zen teaching to the West. He founded the Zen Center of San Francisco, which now is a group of training centers, retreat centers, and even a restaurant. But back to basics--back to the self--is where Suzuki was trying to direct his congregation. Simple, yet profound--quiet and clear--this little "instruction manual" hits the nail on the head of Zen practice. Check it out!"
"From what I could tell, an interesting discussion of the ideas behind Zen Buddhism. The "author" is in fact a speaker, and each chapter comes from talks he gave to practicing Zen Buddhists. As I read it as a non-Buddhist interested in Asian thought (and particularly Asian religious thought), I found it to be at times confusing (though obviously this comes from attempting to understand another's culture through the medium of a single book). Suzuki's aim is (it seems to me) is to describe Zen Buddhism as he sees it, not to describe its history or the reasons he came to America from Japan (which is a pity. I think such a discussion would have been interesting). In the end, a good, thought-provoking read for those interested in Asian religions and Zen Buddhism, though in no way a substitute for an actual teacher."
"Before reading Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, I thought that Buddhism was very negative since there is so much talk of "suffering". This book convinced me that Buddhism really isn't very negative, and mostly just makes a lot of sense. After reading it, I read more about meditation and Buddhism, and I now consider myself to be Buddhist (though not Zen)."
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