Living Zen
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Book Overview
Living Zen is that rare achievement, both a survey of the rich history of Zen Buddhism and a guide to the practice of this most demanding and effortless art of being. Linssen, a distinguished Belgian... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0802131360
ISBN13:9780802131362
Release Date:January 1994
Publisher:Grove Press
Length:352 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:8.2" x 1.0" x 5.3"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
Best book on the subject and life-changing for me...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
First read this book in 1976 and am still reading it. Because I come from an Ivy League intellectual background I have found that the intellectual approach to Zen worked best for me. When I first read it, almost 30 years ago, I had a major spiritual awakening. I "got it" while reading this book, in a moment I will never forget. Now I read it from time to time just to enjoy it. If you are an educated Westerner this is the best source of Zen for you. Read this book.
The best book on Zen I ever read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
This is the most helpful, complete, and well-written book on Zen I have ever read. I first read it a couple of months ago, and I continually return to it to re-read chapters, gaining deeper levels of understanding.
A jewel in my life
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Living Zen lives up to its title- a book 'alive' with 'presence and soul'. I would highly recommend this book to anyone curious to go beyond any particular religion or system. Linssen's ideas are not a nebulous form of zen 'instruction' but rather a concrete expression of the connection between physics, science, psychology, biology. This book is the most 'complete' book I have ever read.
What is Zen?
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
A good description of what Zen is about. He uses analogies with scientific principles of chemistry and physics to help explain the teachings of Zen. I recommend it to the scientifically trained.
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