"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few." So begins this most beloved of all American Zen books. Seldom has such a small handful of words provided a teaching as rich as has this famous opening line of Shunryu Suzuki's classic. In a single stroke, the simple sentence cuts through the pervasive tendency students have of getting so close to Zen as to completely miss what it's all about. An instant teaching on the first page. And that's just the beginning. In the thirty years since its original publication,Zen Mind, Beginner's Mindhas become one of the great modern Zen classics, much beloved, much re-read, and much recommended as the best first book to read on Zen. Suzuki Roshi presents the basics-from the details of posture and breathing inzazento the perception of nonduality-in a way that is not only remarkably clear, but that also resonates with the joy of insight from the first to the last page. It's a book to come back to time and time again as an inspiration to practice.
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Preface, by Huston Smith ix Introduction, by Richard Baker xiii Prologue: Beginner's Mind 1 Part 1 Right Practice Posture 7 Breathing 13 Control 18 Mind Waves 22 Mind Weeds 25 The Marrow of Zen 28 No Dualism 33 Bowing 38 Nothing Special 43
Part 2 Right Attitude Single-minded Way 49 Repetition 53 Zen and Excitement 56 Right Effort 59 No Trace 64 God Giving 69 Mistakes in Practice 76 Limiting Your Activity 81 Study Yourself 84 To Polish a Tile 89 Constancy 95 Communication 100 Negative and Positive 105 Nirvana, the Waterfall 109
Part 3 Right Understanding Traditional Zen Spirit 115 Transiency 120 The Quality of Being 123 Naturalness 128 Emptiness 133 Readiness, Mindfulness 138 Believing in Nothing 142 Attachment, Nonattachment 146 Calmness 150 Experience, Not Philosophy 153 Original Buddhism 156 Beyond Consciousness 160 Buddha's Enlightenment 166
