{"product_id":"zen-mind-beginners-mind-50th-anniversary-edition","title":"Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: 50th Anniversary Edition","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-about 9781590308493 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\" id=\"seemore-0\" height-fold=\"377\" target-height=\"440\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"seemore-0\" class=\"slot product-about 9781611808414 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\" target-height=\"574.4\" height-fold=\"377\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of the 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Twentieth Century (\u003ci\u003eSpirituality \u0026amp; Practice\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 50th Anniversary edition of the bestselling Zen classic on meditation, maintaining a curious and open mind, and living with simplicity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the fifty years since its original publication,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eZen Mind, Beginner’s Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehas 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShunryu Suzuki\u003c\/strong\u003e (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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eZen Mind, Beginner's Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBranching Streams Flow in the Darkness: Zen Talks on the Sandokai\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and he is the subject of the biography \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrooked Cucumber\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eby David Chadwick.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-return-id=\"mobile-praise\" id=\"desktop-praise\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"desktop-praise\" data-return-id=\"mobile-praise\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39947490689097,"sku":"9781611808414","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0556\/6506\/6057\/products\/PenguinRandomHouseZenMindBeginner_sMind50thAnniversary.jpg?v=1758841529","url":"https:\/\/bmshou-ston.shop\/products\/zen-mind-beginners-mind-50th-anniversary-edition","provider":"Body Mind \u0026 Soul Houston","version":"1.0","type":"link"}