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Zen Mind 2010 Wall Calendar: Zenga Paintings from the Gitter-Yelen Collection
Zen Mind 2010 Wall Calendar Zenga Paintings from the GitterYelen Collection Author:Shunryu Suzuki The mind of Zen Buddhism is revealed through authentic sacred art and profoundly simple wisdom. Zenga art, Zen-inspired brushstroke paintings, surprises and confounds our expectations. Although created by seventeenth- and eighteenth-century monks who were amateur painters, they have a startlingly modern appeal. The Gitter-Yelen collection of Zen... more »ga paintings is widely regarded as one of the preeminent collections in the West. Each month, the Zen Mind 2010 wall calendar features a Zenga masterwork paired with quotes from Not Always So by Shunryu Suzuki (1905-1971). Suzuki-roshi was considered one of the most influential Zen teachers of his time and was a direct spiritual descendent of thirteenth-century Zen Master Dogen.« less