Zen Wisdom: Conversations on Buddhism

by Sheng-yen

ZEN WISDOM is about Zen meditation practice, philosophy and doctine; Buddhism and social issues: the arts, children, abortion, euthanasia, suicide, morality, medical technology, material success,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556433867
• ISBN13: 9781556433863
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: North Atlantic Books
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

A great book to absorb one chapter at a time

Having read a variety of books in the Buddhist tradition I can honestly say this is one of my favorites. Composed of various conversations that originally appeared as a series of articles he covers a wide range of subjects. Probably not the book I would recommend as a first book on Buddhism, that being "Buddhism Plain and Simple" by Steve Hagen, it would appeal more to those with more familiarity with Buddhist philosophy. The Q & A format is wonderful in that Sheng-Yen's answers shed light on many fine points of Buddhist practice. His command of English appears to be very good and I really gained an appreciation for his achievement as a scholar and practitioner. It was also very interesting to learn more about the unique aspects of Chan which is the Chinese tradition from which Zen developed. All in all, a wonderful read and I look forward to reading more of this great teachers work.