The Gospel According to Zen: Beyond the Death of God [Mass Market Paperback]

Robert Sohl (Editor), Audrey Carr (Editor)

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• Mass Market Paperback: 134 pages
• Publisher: Mentor (April 1, 1970)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451627156
• ISBN-13: 978-0451627155
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #655,381 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Gateless Gate, March 18, 2005

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This review is from: The Gospel According to Zen: Beyond the Death of God (Mass Market Paperback)

This book was my first introduction to zen writing and still is a favorite. Nice collection of writings by different authors, contemporary and classic, on the elusive subjects of zen, truth, and awareness. Inclusion of non-Zen writings, particularly from the Gospel of Thomas and Alan Watts, makes this a more universal, but perhaps less authentic, description.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Eye and Mind Opening, August 17, 2004

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Govey80 (Newport Beach, Ca USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Gospel According to Zen: Beyond the Death of God (Mentor) (Paperback)

I am a very spiritual person, but do not like to be tied to any one religion because I feel like there is something missing in everyone I learn about. This book does an amazing job at explaining how Eastern and Western phylisophical and spiritual ideas are not complete without each other. It explains Eastern and Western core principles in simplified but still accurately. It is a perfect book for people interested in expanding their knowledge of spiritual ideas and need a starting place or point of reference.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FIRST BOOK I READ ON ZEN, July 31, 2006

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This review is from: The Gospel According to Zen (Mass Market Paperback)

This book came to me at the right place and at the right time. I was looking for a more experienced based spirituality after getting burned out on authoritarean prophetic spiritualities. The essays in this book were gently thought provoking and thought transcending. The editors do not explain much and leave the reader to feel his or her own truth about what is said. There is a direct, playful, brain teasing, and pure way of directly experiencing life and the sacred at the heart of all the essays. For many years, I tasted a kind of sanity in the writings that lead me back to what I was actually experiencing. It inspired me to commit to daily meditation, something I have kept up for over 25 years. The poems called "Zenrin" I recited at a poetry gathering and everyone felt their truth within a warm silent afterglow.