Wanting Enlightenment Is a Big Mistake: Teachings of Zen Master Seung Sahn - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Hyon Gak (Editor), Zen Master Seung Sahn, Jon Kabat-Zinn (Foreword by)Publish date:2006-08-08Pages:224
Language:EnglishPublisher:ShambhalaISBN-13:9781590303405ISBN-10:1590303407UPC:9781590303405Book Category:Religion, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Buddhism, ZenBook Topic:ZenSize:8.40 x 5.48 x 0.59 inchesWeight:0.5908Product ID:SC53P0BMMF
Wanting Enlightenment Is a Big Mistake: Teachings of Zen Master Seung Sahn
A major figure in the transmission of Zen to the West, Zen Master Seung Sahn was known for his powerful teaching style, which was direct, surprising, and often humorous. He taught that Zen is not about achieving a goal, but about acting spontaneously from "don't-know mind." It is from this "before-thinking" nature, he taught, that true compassion and the desire to serve others naturally arises....
Language:EnglishPublisher:ShambhalaISBN-13:9781590303405ISBN-10:1590303407UPC:9781590303405Book Category:Religion, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Buddhism, ZenBook Topic:ZenSize:8.40 x 5.48 x 0.59 inchesWeight:0.5908Product ID:SC53P0BMMF
Zen Master Seung Sahn (1927-2004) was the first teacher to bring Korean Zen Buddhism to America, having already established temples in Japan and Hong Kong. In 1972 he came to the United States and started what became the Providence Zen Center, the first center in what is now the Kwan Um School of Zen, which now includes more than eighty centers and groups worldwide. His students called him Dae...
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Hyon Gak (Editor), Zen Master Seung Sahn, Jon Kabat-Zinn (Foreword by)
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