A Guide to Zen: Lessons in Meditation from a Modern Master - Hardcover

Sekida, Katsuki

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 157731249X ISBN 13: 9781577312499

Publisher: New World Library, 2003

Synopsis

This book takes the formidable 100,000-word classic Zen Training by the great master Katsuki Sekida and extracts its finest gems. Marc Allen has carefully chosen the passages most relevant to today, producing a readable work of six chapters covering the basics of posture, breathing, and training, and presenting various pieces of Zen literature and meditation pictures. The result is a complete course in Zen from a modern master ? as one would receive in a traditional Zen center ? simply and beautifully written.

About this title

Review:

"Simple and elegant."
-- "Publishers Weekly"
"You are suddenly awakened to a new world. . . . You find your true nature within yourself, and at the same time in the external world." -- from the book

"Simple and elegant."
-- "Publishers Weekly"

About the Author:

Katsuki Sekida (1903-1987) began his practice in 1915 and had a deep experience of samadhi early in life. After training at monasteries in Japan, he taught at the Honolulu Zendo and Maui Zendo from 1963 to 1970 and at the London Zen Society from 1970 to 1972.
Marc Allen was a student of Sekida's at the Maui Zendo and has been deeply influenced by his teachings ever since. A successful entrepreneur, author, and teacher, he lives in Northern California.

About this edition

• Publisher: New World Library
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 157731249X
• ISBN 13: 9781577312499
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160
• Editor: Allen Marc