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'Opening the Hand of Thought:  Foundations of Zen Buddhist  Practice': Learning the art of zazen meditation

Books / Reviews | ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES Oct 28, 2017

'Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice': Learning the art of zazen meditation

by Tyler Rothmar

Good books on Zen urge you to put them down and start meditating, but the best ones make you actually want to. Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice, by Kosho Uchiyama, Translated and edited by Tom Wright, Jisho Warner ...

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