Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

Informal talks on Zen Meditation and practice.

A 50th Anniversary edition of the bestselling Zen classic on meditation, maintaining a curious and open mind, and living with simplicity.

"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. 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. It is an instant teaching on the first page--and that's just the beginning.

In the fifty years since its original publication, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind has become one of the great modern spiritual classics, much beloved, much reread, 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.

Product Details:

ISBN# 9781611808414
Paperback. 176 pages.
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Published: June 2020.
Size: 5.23 x 0.51 x 8.2 inches, Weight: 0.46 Lbs.

Author

Shunryu Suzuki
(1904 01971)

Shunryu Suzuki 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. A book of his teachings, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, is one of the most popular books on Zen and Buddhism in the West. 

Editorial Reviews:

"One of the best and most succinct introduction to Zen practice." -Library Journal

"I sincerely respect and applaud Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, who transmitted Dogen Jensi's vow to the U.S.A" -Shundo Aoyama Rosh, Abbess of Aichi Semmon Niso-Do and author of Zen Seeds.