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Author: Bernie Glassman
Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc
Imprint: Shambhala Publications Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.198kg
ISBN: 9781590300794
ISBN 10: 1590300793
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 11 November 2003
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Inactive
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
"A timely and spiritually wise book. Glassman is a very profound and skilled teacher who manages to illuminate some very difficult Zen subjects."— Spirituality and Health <br> <br>"Glassman's style and thinking are like thick, polished glass: clear, compact, and strong. Marrying metaphor, illustration, and abstraction, he reaches into the heart of many essential concepts, reminding us firmly that, among other things, 'we don't practice to become enlightened . . . we practice because we are enlightened.'"— Publishers Weekly <br>"A watershed book for Zen students, a good study companion and a trustworthy guide."—Zoketsu Norman Fisher, founding teacher of the Everyday Zen Foundation
"""A timely and spiritually wise book. Glassman is a very profound and skilled teacher who manages to illuminate some very difficult Zen subjects.""— Spirituality and Health ""Glassman's style and thinking are like thick, polished glass: clear, compact, and strong. Marrying metaphor, illustration, and abstraction, he reaches into the heart of many essential concepts, reminding us firmly that, among other things, 'we don't practice to become enlightened . . . we practice because we are enlightened.'""—Publishers Weekly ""A watershed book for Zen students, a good study companion and a trustworthy guide.""—Zoketsu Norman Fisher, founding teacher of the Everyday Zen Foundation"
A timely and spiritually wise book. Glassman is a very profound and skilled teacher who manages to illuminate some very difficult Zen subjects. -- Spirituality and Health Glassman's style and thinking are like thick, polished glass: clear, compact, and strong. Marrying metaphor, illustration, and abstraction, he reaches into the heart of many essential concepts, reminding us firmly that, among other things, 'we don't practice to become enlightened . . . we practice because we are enlightened.' -- Publishers Weekly A watershed book for Zen students, a good study companion and a trustworthy guide. --Zoketsu Norman Fisher, founding teacher of the Everyday Zen Foundation
Author Information
Bernie Glassman is a Zen master and the first dharma successor to Taizan Maezumi Roshi, founder of the Zen Center of Los Angeles. He is well known for integrating Zen practice with social, economic, and educational initiatives. He is also the author of Instructions to the Cook and Bearing Witness- A Zen Master's Lessons in Making Peace.
