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Essays in Zen Buddhism, First Series Paperback – January 18, 1994

by D.T. Suzuki (Author), Christmas Humphreys (Foreword)
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Included in this volume are Suzuki’s famous study “Enlightenment and Ignorance,” a chapter on “Practical Methods of Zen Instruction,” the essays “On Satori — The Revelation of a New Truth in Zen Buddhism” and “History of Zen Buddhism from Bodhidharma to Hui-NÍng (Yeno),” and his commentary on “The Ten Cow-herding Pictures” which have long been used in Zen to illustrate the stages of spiritual progress.

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In this collection of his most important essays, Suzuki explores a variety of topics, including the history of Buddhism, the daily life of a Zen monk, and the path to enlightenment. At once a critical explication of the facets of Zen and a meditation on the meaning of existence, Essays in Zen Buddhism is an indispensable document to the student of Eastern religion.
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    January 18, 1994
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  6. ISBN-10
    0802151183
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0802151186
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grove Press; Undertermined edition (January 18, 1994)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 388 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0802151183
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0802151186
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 1 x 8 inches
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Absolutely the most effective documentation of Zen.
D.T. Suzuki’s Essays in Zen Buddhism is the closest most of us will come to sitting at the feet of a master. He shares the essential backdrop history and culture as well as the essence of Zen. It is not possible to gain all the wealth in a single reading. Returning time and again to the book, you will slowly see the direction he is pointing you in. A person can use this book for intellectual study as well as to move further in spiritual knowledge. But, as I believe any Zen master would say; the book is a tool to point the way toward the path to acquiring a new spiritual viewpoint, satori.—-Picture is meant to show that I have used this book heavily, highlighted, underlined, sticky tabs…there is sooo much here…
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D.T. Suzuki’s Essays in Zen Buddhism is the closest most of us will come to sitting at the feet of a master. He shares the essential backdrop history and culture as well as the essence of Zen. It is not possible to gain all the wealth in a single reading. Returning time and again to the book, you will slowly see the direction he is pointing you in. A person can use this book for intellectual study as well as to move further in spiritual knowledge. But, as I believe any Zen master would say; the book is a tool to point the way toward the path to acquiring a new spiritual viewpoint, satori.
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