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Original Mind: The Practice of Zen in the West
Original Mind The Practice of Zen in the West Author:Richard Baker "Richard Baker-roshi is one of the great pioneers of Zen in America. He's a tireless worker, a terrific teacher, and one of the most creative thinkers on the interface between Japanese Zen tradition and American Culture." (Robert Thurman, author of Inner Revolution) — Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki-roshi has, since its public... more »ation in 1970, sold more than a million copies worldwide. Richard Baker-roshi, one of Suzuki-roshi's disciples, was instrumental in putting that book together and was equally instrumental in establishing the practice of Zen in America and in the West. Baker-roshi, the first one of three Americans to achieve the level of enlightened master, brings more than forty years of experience to a new book on establishing and maintaining a Zen practice in the West. Original Mind translates the wisdom of the great masters into a contemporary setting, and Baker-roshi is one of the few people alive qualified to do it.« less