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Suzuki Shunryū

    May 18, 1904 – December 4, 1971

    Roshi Suzuki was a master of Zen Buddhism, instrumental in popularizing the tradition in the United States. He is renowned for founding the first Buddhist monastery outside of Asia, the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. His teachings, captured in the book Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, stand as one of the most influential works on Zen in the West, continuing to inspire readers with their simplicity and depth.

    Zen Is Right Now
    Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. Fortieth Anniversary Edition
    Zen Is Right Here
    Zen mind, beginner's mind
    Not Always So
    Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness
    • Not Always So

      • 176 pages
      • 7 hours of reading
      4.3(1984)Add rating

      Practising the true spirit of Zen. Not Always So is based on Shunryu Suzuki's lectures and is framed in his own inimitable, allusive, paradoxical style, rich with unexpected and off–centre insights. Suzuki knew he was dying at the time of the lectures, which gives his thoughts an urgency and focus even sharper than in the earlier book. In Not Always So Suzuki once again voices Zen in everyday language with the vigour, sensitivity, and buoyancy of a true friend. Here is support and nourishment. Here is a mother and father lending a hand, but letting you find your own way. Here is guidance which empowers your freedom (or way–seeking mind), rather than pinning you down to directions and techniques. Here is teaching which encourages you to touch and know your true heart and to express yourself fully, teaching which is not teaching from outside, but a voice arising in your own being.

      Not Always So
    • Zen Is Right Here

      • 160 pages
      • 6 hours of reading
      4.2(184)Add rating

      Shunryu Suzuki’s extraordinary gift for conveying traditional Zen teachings using ordinary language is well known to the countless readers of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind. In Zen Is Right Here, his teachings are brought to life powerfully and directly through stories told about him by his students. These living encounters with Zen are poignant, direct, humorous, paradoxical, and enlightening; and their setting in real-life contexts makes them wonderfully accessible. Like the Buddha himself, Suzuki Roshi gave profound teachings that were skilfully expressed for each moment, person, and situation he encountered. He emphasized that while the ungraspable essence of Buddhism is constant, the expression of that essence is always changing. Each of the stories presented here is an example of this versatile and timeless quality, showing that the potential for attaining enlightenment exists right here, right now, in this very moment.

      Zen Is Right Here
    • Zen Is Right Now

      • 160 pages
      • 6 hours of reading
      3.9(112)Add rating

      Spirituality & Practice “Best Books of 2021” Award Winner In this new collection of quotes from Shunryu Suzuki Roshi and stories from his students, the presence, wisdom, and humor of a great Zen teacher come alive once more. The teachings of Shunryu Suzuki have served for innumerable people as the gateway to Zen practice and meditation. In Zen Is Right Now, devoted student and biographer David Chadwick sheds new light on Suzuki’s presence and teachings through selected quotes from his lectures and a variety of stories told by his students. Complementary to another collection about Suzuki, Zen Is Right Here, this book offers a joyful bounty of anecdotes and insights, revealing a playful and deeply wise teacher who delighted in paradox and laughed often. Each of the stories and quotes presented here is an example of the versatile and timeless quality evident in Suzuki’s teaching, showing that the potential for attaining enlightenment exists right now, in this very moment.

      Zen Is Right Now