Zen Questions: Zazen, Dogen, and the Spirit of Creative Inquiry

Zen Questions: Zazen, Dogen, and the Spirit of Creative Inquiry

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Zen is about questioning. Zen continuously questions. This does not necessarily involve finding answers, but finding a space in which to sustain uncertainty, being willing to remain present and upright in the middle of investigations. Zen Questions begins by exploring "The World of Zazen," — the foundational practice of the Zen school — presenting it as an attitude of sust...more
Paperback, 312 pages
Published November 22nd 2011 by Wisdom Publications (first published November 8th 2011)
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Alan Cantor
Good introduction and some depth to Zen. A little too political towards the end.
Nice that he brought more modern musical and poetic interpretations of the ancient texts.
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