Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

this is the best book that was never written

So good, in a way that's hard to describe. Nearly the majority of this book feels like it is technical instructions on formally practicing zazen, yet it's really so much more than that. Every page feels like it has something beautifully relevant to your own life despite the fact that it came from a chapter on the right posture you should hold during meditation. Going to be reading random pages from this for conceivable future.

A good perspective, but got too repetitive. Could have been half the length. Had a heavier, more strict tone than most Zen Buddhism books and teachers. Was overall less relatable to me.

The title could make this easy to mistake as a beginners book, which it isn't.

At only 3 hours, this is a short introduction to Zen in the form of a collection of talks.

At only 3 hours, this is a short introduction to Zen in the form of a collection of talks.