On Zen Practice: Body, Breath, and Mind

This updated landmark volume makes available for the first time in decades the teachings that were formative to a whole generation of American Zen teachers and students. Conceived as an overarching primer on the practice of Zen, chapters in this volume address every aspect of practice: beginning practice, shikantaza, chanting, sesshin, working with Mu, and the nature of koans.

In the intervening years since the publication of the earlier edition, countless books have appeared on Zen. Few, if any, have approached the strengths of On Zen Practice as a reference or teaching tool, and the book retains a lively, immediate quality that will appeal to today's readers.

• The Art of Just Sitting: Essential Writings on the Zen Practice of Shikantaza
• The Hazy Moon of Enlightenment: Part of the On Zen Practice collection
• Taking the Path of Zen
• Appreciate Your Life: The Essence of Zen Practice (Shambhala Classics)
• Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice
• Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
• The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment
• Sitting with Koans: Essential Writings on Zen Koan Introspection
• Realizing Genjokoan: The Key to Dogen's Shobogenzo
• Being Upright: Zen Meditation and the Bodhisattva Precepts