Wanting Enlightenment Is a Big Mistake
Author: Sahn, Seung
ISBN: 9781590303405
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 Nov 2006
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
Teaching stories by one of the foremost teachers of Zen in the West, whose influence spread far beyond the world of Korean Zen.
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. This collection of teaching stories, talks, and spontaneous dialogues with students offers readers a fresh and immediate encounter with one of the great Zen masters of the twentieth century.
ISBN: 9781590303405
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 Nov 2006
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
Teaching stories by one of the foremost teachers of Zen in the West, whose influence spread far beyond the world of Korean Zen.
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. This collection of teaching stories, talks, and spontaneous dialogues with students offers readers a fresh and immediate encounter with one of the great Zen masters of the twentieth century.
