Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice (Paperback)

from beatgammit

I liked this quote: "Those who are practicing actually do not feel anything... When we hear the sound of the pine trees on a windy day, perhaps the wind is just blowing, and the pine tree is just standing in the wind. This is all that they are doing. But the people who listen to the wind in the t...

from Arctic-Stranger

"Beginner's Mind" has become something of phrase that now exists apart from its source, and Suzuki just STARTS with this, and quickly moves on, but then you realize you cannot get away from Beginner's Mind...nor does he.

from Ganeshaka

I don't know a great deal about Zen, but I know what I like. And i like this book. In fact I keep an extra copy or two to give away should the subject ever come up. There was a time when I'd read a chapter, and sit. There will no doubt come a time when i will do so again. I kinda think the book s...

from Ra.Aiyana

My favorite book ever. i found it while in Mexico, amongst a sparse shelf of English books. I'd had no luck with meditation prior, and this made it all make sense. I still practice and always will. My life changed as a result of this book.

from dbsovereign

One of the books that helped launch a revolution in America. Suzuki, almost single-handedly, was responsible for setting up the first Zen monastery in the USA. The book I recommend anyone not familiar with Zen to read - and the book I recommend to people as being the most accessible. "Our life an...