Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Weatherhill
Date Published: 1970-06-01
ISBN-13:9780834800526ISBN:0834800527
Description: Very Good. Hardcover. Stated first edition. Text is clean and unmarked (NOT ex-library). Dust jacket only in good shape: Spine mottled with brown spots; scrape and scuff on front; general surface rubbing; no major tears and price not clipped. Binding solid and square; corners sharp. read more
Description: New in very good dust jacket. New. clean text, tight binding, minor shelf wear to covers/corners, nice reading copy, help support indpendent booksellers! Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 144 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Reprint.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Weatherhill
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780834800526ISBN:0834800527
Description: Fine in very good dust jacket. Light rubbing otherwise a near fine copy. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 138 p. Audience: General/trade. This book is about how to practice Zen as a workable discipline and religion, about posture and breathing, about the basic attitudes and understanding that make Zen practice possible, about non-duality, emptiness, and enlightenment. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Weatherhill Inc
Date Published: 01/09/1972
ISBN-13:9780834800526ISBN:0834800527
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Binding: Hardcover in Dust Jacket
Publisher: Weatherhill, Incorporated
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780834800526ISBN:0834800527
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Very light edgewear/shelfwear. Gift inscription with price-clipped dustjacket. Otherwise, this is an exceptional copy in original jacket and covers with illustrated front boards. A beautiful early edition in protective mylar sleeve. read more
Description: Like New. Book appears unread, but may have a publisher's mark or minor shelf wear. We are the Twin Cities' largest independent book store. read more
Description: Fine; Collectible. Excellent condition. Appears unread. No writings/highlights/underlines. Pages are very nice and clean. Satisfaction guarenteed! Fast! read more
Edition: 3rd Printing
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Weatherhill (John) Inc., U.S. & Japan, New York
Date Published: 1971
ISBN-13:9780834800526ISBN:0834800527
Description: Very Good in good jacket. 8vo. previous owners name to fpd, ow interior near pristine. light/moderate edgewear. dj worn at edges. read more
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Edition: Trade Paperback Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Weatherhill, New York
Date Published: 1988
Description: Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. TWENTY-FOURTH PAPERBACK PRINTING 1988. 138 pages. Frontispiece. A collection of teishos (or Zen talks) by the late Soto Zen priest who popularized Zen Buddhism in the United States and was occasionally mistaken for the other Zen scholar, Daisetz Teitaro, to which Shunryu Suzuki would reply: "No, he's the big Suzuki, I'm the little Suzuki. " He is the author of ALWAYS SO: PRACTICING THE TRUE SPIRIT OF ZEN and BRANCHING STREAMS FLOW IN THE DARKNESS (Sandokai lectures) ... read more
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"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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