Mente zen, mente di principiante. Conversazioni sulla meditazione e la pratica zen

This book was recommended to me by various persons in different phases of my life, but I clearly wasn't ready to read it till now. Suzuki's talks on zazen are spare and direct, demystifying Buddhism as a religion or philosophy and continually bringing the focus back to the simple and perfect practic Leggi tutto

“In the zazen posture, your mind and body have the great power to accept things as they are, whether agreeable or disagreeable.” How do I put this into words? This does actually work. Simple Zen meditation on a nightly basis does help to put things into perspective. It helps clear the mind and g Leggi tutto

If and when you meet The Buddha, Kill him. Then come back And sit. Sit In Zazen. Be. Enlightenment is there, Before it arrives.

This book is balm. My second reading. It contains its own instructions for reading too. If some metaphor or anecdote seems too dense, just let it pass. There is no need to read the text as closely as I just have; that’s me. Suzuki-roshi explains it all. Toward the end it gets a little bit repetitiou Leggi tutto

This is the best non-academic introduction to Zen Buddhism that I've come upon. What caught me especially was a moment in the introduction when an interview with Suzuki was interrupted by his wife. She was serving tea, overheard part of his discourse and remarked to the interviewer that, in essence, Leggi tutto

One of the classic introductions of Buddhist Zen practice in America. So many books on Zen written since this small jewel first came out forty-five years ago. Is there really more to say than shikan taza - just sitting: "When you bow, you should just bow; when you sit you should just sit; when you e Leggi tutto

This book had been on my radar for a while, and then in his bibliography of "Don't Be A Jerk" ( https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... ), Brad Warner basically says "You need this book!!". Who am I to argue with Brad? As the subtitle "Informal talks on Zen meditation and practice" implies, the essays Leggi tutto

وقتی در صومعۀ اهیجی بودم، همه فقط کار خودشان را می کردند. در زمان نشستن، می نشستیم، در زمان تعظیم به بودا، تعظیم می کردیم. وقتی مراقبه می کردیم، هیچ احساس خاصی نداشتیم. حتی حس نمی کردیم که در یک صومعه زندگی می کردیم. برایمان زندگی در صومعه زندگی معمولی بود، و وقتی مردم عادی از شهر برای دیدن ما می آم Leggi tutto