Product Details

• Actors: Cheri Huber
• Directors: Christa Rypins
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• VHS Release Date: May 1, 1997
• Run Time: 40 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0964769824
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #376,621 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Product Description

Meditation shows us that nothing is hidden. Sitting down, being still and paying attention reveals much that seems unknowable and inaccessible. This introductory program teaches you what meditation is, how to do it, how to be successful at sustaining a practice, and where that practice might lead you. Cheri Huber has been a student and teacher of Zen for over 30 years. She leads workshops and retreats at the Zen Monastery Peace Center in Murphys, California, and is the author of 20 books. Her great strength as a teacher is making awareness practice relevant to everyday life. This program follows in that tradition.

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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Beginners and Not-So-Beginner Beginners, August 29, 2006

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This review is from: The Secret Is There Are No Secrets: An Introduction to Zen Meditation [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I bought "The Secret is There are No Secrets" some years ago, and found it VERY helpful in learning to meditate.

Life has been more intense lately, and I was moved to pull it out and watch it again. I had forgotten what a beautiful video it is, full of gentle reminders that I need right now, points that I missed before or had forgotten. There is a clear explanation of sitting posture (and alternatives), and a great combination of the overall view of meditation and the (physical and non-physical) particulars.

I'm glad I kept it all these years and will surely watch it again soon.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BUT IT'S AUTHENTIC ZEN!!, February 23, 2007

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Books Are Brain Food (California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Secret Is There Are No Secrets: An Introduction to Zen Meditation (DVD)

Zen is not exciting, nor is it glamorous.

And yes, to many folks it is rather boring. But oddly, real enlightenment can come from just plain "sitting". Not easy for everyone, I agree.

The whole appeal of zen meditation is its simplicity. Yes, the techniques on this video SHOULD take only 3 minutes to learn. The remainder consists of -- well -- more sitting!

But if you want to experience no-nonsense zen meditation, this is the real thing.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars THERE IS LITTLE TO SAY, March 19, 2010

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Joseph R. Calamia (El Paso, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Secret Is There Are No Secrets: An Introduction to Zen Meditation (DVD)

There is little to say regarding this DVD entitled; "The Secret is There Are No Secrets" by Cheri Huber.

There is little doubt that Ms. Huber is well versed in the art of ZEN meditation techniques. However, within the first 5 minutes most of her accumulated knowledge on "zazen" (sitting) is explained to the viewer. After the initial introductive techniques there is little else for her to really say. In order to extend the film, she sometimes becomes repetitious in her explanations, and then...the director (?), injects still shot frames of distorted photographs along with sounds of running water to help give the production more of a meditative aura.

The DVD has no time-information on it, but I would guess the entire running of the DVD was perhaps....20 or 30 minutes at most.

Truthfully speaking, I was extremely disappointed in this production and for the price of $14.95; there simply should have been "something" more to it.