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**Accecyncphory** · 08-05-2011, 06:49 PM

Yeah! ...one of my favored....that I call "pearls"!
Short...compact...easy to read...easy to understand and useful as "quick reverence" for students. There is a second one ... Zen-The-Art-of-Leadership" both are more like little "booklet's" rather than books.

I found it a very useful book, I was struggling with a book by Bhante Gunaratana, so I swithced to Zen Mind, Beginners Mind and it was like a light came on, I immeditately "understood" many of the "cryptic" statements, my mind went very calm and still for hours afterward, it made me wonder if I should study Zen.

I'd also like to reccommend Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana (not the one I was struggling with) its a good guide to sitting meditation for beginners.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mindfulness-...2541209&sr=1-1

Edit: It was more the style of the book, rather than the content I was struggling with.

08-05-2011, 06:49 PM	#13
Accecyncphory Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 615 Senior Member	Yeah! ...one of my favored....that I call "pearls"! Short...compact...easy to read...easy to understand and useful as "quick reverence" for students. There is a second one ... Zen-The-Art-of-Leadership" both are more like little "booklet's" rather than books. I found it a very useful book, I was struggling with a book by Bhante Gunaratana, so I swithced to Zen Mind, Beginners Mind and it was like a light came on, I immeditately "understood" many of the "cryptic" statements, my mind went very calm and still for hours afterward, it made me wonder if I should study Zen. I'd also like to reccommend Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana (not the one I was struggling with) its a good guide to sitting meditation for beginners. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mindfulness-...2541209&sr=1-1 Edit: It was more the style of the book, rather than the content I was struggling with.
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