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Practical Zen
- Narrator
- Julian Daizan Skinner
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Publish Date
- 16 September 2021
- Run Time
- 11 hours 31 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Zen master Julian Daizan Skinner guides the listener through a sequence of meditation techniques that can safely lead even a complete novice through to advanced levels. Based on his own long experience of the Rinzai Zen tradition, as taught by the great seventeenth-century masters, Hakuin and Bankei, Daizan highlights the key points for success and addresses the pitfalls. Structured around a traditional teaching framework called "The two wings of a bird," Daizan clearly lays-out how these methods build and combine to create a transformative and sustaining practice.
The work of a master, the audiobook speaks at a deep level, with utmost simplicity.
(P) 2021 Jessica Kingsley Publishers
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Details
- Author
- Julian Daizan Skinner. Foreword by Shinzan Miyamae
- Narrator
- Julian Daizan Skinner
- Duration
- 11 hours 31 minutes
- Release Date
- 16 September 2021
- ISBN
- 9781529370744
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Genre
- Zen Buddhism, Buddhist life and practice, Mind, body, spirit: meditation and visualization
Synopsis
A simple yet profound guide to establishing a transformative and sustaining Zen meditation practice.Zen master Julian Daizan Skinner guides the listener through a sequence of meditation techniques that can safely lead even a complete novice through to advanced levels. Based on his own long experience of the Rinzai Zen tradition, as taught by the great seventeenth-century masters, Hakuin and Bankei, Daizan highlights the key points for success and addresses the pitfalls. Structured around a traditional teaching framework called "The two wings of a bird," Daizan clearly lays-out how these methods build and combine to create a transformative and sustaining practice. The work of a master, the audiobook speaks at a deep level, with utmost simplicity.(P) 2021 Jessica Kingsley Publishers
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