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by Shunryu Suzuki; Trudy Dixon (Editor)

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Readers largely view Shunryu Suzuki’s collection of talks as a seminal, compact guide to Zen practice—spare, encouraging, and focused on zazen, posture, breathing, and the ordinariness of daily life. Many praise its calming effect, practical emphasis on attention and non?striving, and its status as a cornerstone of Zen’s spread in the West. Several note it’s best read slowly and revisited rather than treated as a step?by?step manual. Detractors find the language opaque, paradox?heavy, and repetitive, arguing it presumes prior exposure to meditation and is not truly for beginners despite the title. Overall, it’s cherished as simple yet profound guidance for practitioners, but polarizing for readers seeking straightforward, analytical instruction.

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This text offers a series of insights into the Zen mind.

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  • Title Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
  • Author Shunryu Suzuki; Trudy Dixon (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Later printing
  • Pages 132
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Weatherhill, New York
  • Publication date April 1, 1973
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780834800793 / 0834800799
  • Weight 0.56 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.22 x 5.52 x 0.43 in (20.88 x 14.02 x 1.09 cm)
  • Category Religion - World Religions
  • Library of Congress subjects Zen Buddhism - Doctrines, Meditation - Zen Buddhism
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2005042256
  • Dewey Decimal Code 294.344

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"One of the best, and most succinct introductions to Zen practice."— Library Journal

"[This] is a different book every time I read it. Behind the simplicity, it is dense with Zen wisdom that flashes like lightning as you read and reread."—Jon Lebkowskyl, Millennium Whole Earth Catalog

About the author

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 the author of "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind" and "Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness: Zen Talks on the Sandokai," and he is the subject of the biography "Crooked Cucumber " by David Chadwick.
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