Zen’s mind, Beginner’s mind

This book contains the transcriptions of Shunryu Suzuki, a zen master who moved to United States from Japan and founded a zen center in S. Francisco. ZMBM is focused on zen practice, particularly on Zazen activity. I’ve already read something about zen (see “101 Zen Stories“) but it was hard to me understading the reported lectures. The text lacks of a general structure (quite obvious, as already said, these are just talks trascription), furthermore talks aren’t clear at all, I couldn’t get any precise clue about zen philosophy/principles. My overall impression is that it’s more a guide to Zen practice for experienced people rather than an introduction for novices.

Nothing to do about it… I’m still far from Enlightment!