Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

Hardback
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"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.

Book Information

Main Genre
Specialized Books
Sub Genre
Religion & Belief
Format
Hardback
Pages
208
Price
24.00 €

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Zen-Geist, Anfänger-Geist

Das Buch hat mir einen klaren und ruhigen Zugang zur Zen-Meditation gegeben. Es erklärt Zen nicht kompliziert, sondern führt immer wieder zurück zu einer einfachen Praxis: sitzen, atmen, wahrnehmen und nichts erwarten. Viele Inhalte wiederholen sich, was beim Lesen teilweise redundant wirkt, aber gleichzeitig hilft, die Haltung hinter der Praxis langsam zu verinnerlichen. Einige Passagen erschließen sich erst richtig, wenn man selbst regelmäßig meditiert und die Erfahrungen damit verbindet. Als Einführung in Zen und Meditation ist das Buch sehr geeignet, verlangt aber Bereitschaft zur eigenen Praxis und Reflexion. Man versteht vieles nicht nur durch Lesen, sondern durchs Tun.

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