Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Shunryu Suzuki's Timeless Wisdom for 50 Years

Andy Pandy: Highly recommended

United Kingdom on Oct 07, 2023

NADAV1214: arrived in mint condition.

United States on Sep 25, 2023

David E. Jones: Very accessible introduction to Zen. Not ‘high brow’, and actually humorous in spots. Removes the loftiness sometimes associated with zazen practice, IMHO.

United States on Sep 05, 2023

Mrs W: all my Buddhism studies can end because I've read this book - my personal suffering is over. Thank you Suzuki my master ... 🙏

United Kingdom on Sep 03, 2023

mrbeginner: Gain insights by allowing enough silence for them to enter.

United States on Sep 02, 2023

SmokinBobLenart: I have read this book more than I thought I would. Very good quality and easy reading. Received it on time and the price is right. I highly recommend this book for anyone.

United States on Aug 14, 2023

Client d'Amazon: All lines and contents are easy to understand and a very excellant book. Its motivation to know about Zen meditation.

India on Jul 01, 2023

Alex M. S.: Buen libro, voy por la mitad, son transcripciones de charlas que dió el autor a su comunidad zen en San Francisco. Explica los conceptos esenciales del budismo zen, que al final son los del budismo, de manera fácilmente entendible.

Lo escuché recomendado en una entrevista en un podcast a un veterano maestro de meditación budista. Él mismo comentaba que lo releía cada pocos años y siempre aprendía cosas nuevas.

Spain on May 20, 2023

AmazonBi: One of the most insightful books on Zazen. Must have, must read, must practice! Over an over again. You can listen to the audio book for free on Spotify. I do both.

Netherlands on Sep 30, 2022

Mike: This book may be somewhat difficult to understand for someone just starting to read about eastern thought in general. Listening to many hours of Alan Watts and reviewing other info about Buddhism in general really helped me appreciate this book more. Honestly I don't understand somewhere between 50% to 30% of what I read. However, one day I plan on practicing Zen at a Zen center and then will review certain parts of this book. I'm glad I bought this book (instead of borrowing it from the library) because I and many other readers probably will not be able to appreciate it the first time around. Some chapters are as clear as day - especially when he alludes to the waterfall and individual droplets being each of us.

Not recommended if you have no background in eastern thought - you should start elsewhere, but if you are still interested in Buddhism after dabbling around in general Buddhism literature, this is one of the classics that you should really look into if you are thinking about practicing Zen.

Someone said this is too esoteric and I can see what they mean - but because it is so, it seems to be more genuine and complete. When I read for example, Thich Nhat...

United States on Dec 26, 2014