Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen
 

Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen

by Shunryu Suzuki, Edward Espe Brown

If you can imagine Zen Existentialism, Not Always So is it. Part instruction manual for Zen practice and part philosophical meditation, Shunryu Suzuki's teachings emphasize being-in-the-world. He does not point toward a singular enlightenment-event as a burst into higher consciousness. Rather, he suggests a more experiential enlightenment that finds meaning in a full awareness of the present.... (read more)

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Eric W
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I had high hopes for this book, but after reading other buddhist writers this guy just doesn't stack up. He just comes off as kind of simple-minded.

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