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Shunryu Suzuki

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal talks on Zen meditation and practice

€19,95
The Zen master introduces the newcomer to the practice, nature, and basic attitudes of Zen meditation.

Shunryu Suzuki (1904–1971) was one of the most influential spiritual teachers of the twentieth century and is truly a founding father of Zen in America. A Japanese priest of the Soto lineage, he taught in the United States from 1959 until his death. He was the founder of the San Francisco Zen Center and the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. He is also the author of Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness: Zen Talks on the Sandokai , and he is the subject of the biography Crooked Cucumber by David Chadwick.


Format: Paperback
Published: USA, 2001
Publisher: Weatherhill
Pages: 138
Language: English
ISBN 13: 9780834800793
ISBN 10: 0834800799



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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal talks on Zen meditation and practice

€19,95