Re: Books on Zen I can use.
Well, a couple years ago I read Kapleau's Three Pillars of Zen and Zen: Dawn in the West (an old used copy; I think it's been re-titled since). What people say here about Kapleau is true, but I have found from time to time that he could explain things in a way that just--BAM--made total sense where other writers didn't. I'd spend a little time with parts of his books at the library, maybe.
I'm currently re-reading Shunryu Suzuki's Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness. It's a great collection of talks on the Sandokai, which we chant here at the 4-hour zazenkai every month. A lot of good stuff about the relative and the absolute (of course. )
Gassho
Jen
Well, a couple years ago I read Kapleau's Three Pillars of Zen and Zen: Dawn in the West (an old used copy; I think it's been re-titled since). What people say here about Kapleau is true, but I have found from time to time that he could explain things in a way that just--BAM--made total sense where other writers didn't. I'd spend a little time with parts of his books at the library, maybe.
I'm currently re-reading Shunryu Suzuki's Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness. It's a great collection of talks on the Sandokai, which we chant here at the 4-hour zazenkai every month. A lot of good stuff about the relative and the absolute (of course. )
Gassho
Jen
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