Zen mind, beginner's mind
The Zen master explains the practice, nature, and basic attitudes of Zen meditation
Nonfiction
xx, 148 pages : portrait ; 22 cm
9781590308509, 9781590308493, 9781590308905, 1590308506, 1590308492, 1590308905
875173212
Preface / Huston Smith
Introduction / Richard Baker
Prologue : Beginner's mind
Part 1. Right practice : Posture
Breathing
Control
Mind waves
Mind weeds
The marrow of zen
No dualism
Bowing
Nothing special
Part 2. Right attitude : Single-minded way
Repetition
Zen and excitement
Right effort
No trace
God giving
Mistakes in practice
Limiting your activity
Study yourself
To polish a tile
Constancy
Communication
Negative and positive
Nirvana, the waterfall
Part 3. Right understanding : Traditional Zen spirit
Transiency
The quality of being
Naturalness
Emptiness
Readiness, mindfulness
Believing in nothing
Attachment, nonattachment
Calmness
Experience, not philosophy
Original Buddhism
Beyond consciousness
Buddha's enlightenment
Epilogue : Zen mind
Afterword / David Chadwick