Get personalized recommendations and earn points toward a free book!
Before you go...
Check Out
The Bestselling Books of All Time
See the List
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki

Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind

Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

50th Anniversary Edition

Charlas informales sobre la Meditaci¢n y la Pr ctica del Zen

Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

Charlas informales sobre la Meditaci¢n y la Pr ctica del Zen

By Shunryu Suzuki
Introduction by Richard Baker
Preface by Huston Smith
Edited by Trudy Dixon
Afterword by David Chadwick

By Shunryu Suzuki
Introduction by Richard Baker
Preface by Huston Smith
Edited by Trudy Dixon
Afterword by David Chadwick

By Shunryu Suzuki

By Shunryu Suzuki

By Shunryu Suzuki
Introduction by Richard Baker
Preface by Huston Smith
Edited by Trudy Dixon
Afterword by David Chadwick

By Shunryu Suzuki
Introduction by Richard Baker
Preface by Huston Smith
Edited by Trudy Dixon
Afterword by David Chadwick

By Shunryu Suzuki
Introduction by Richard Baker
Preface by Huston Smith
Edited by Trudy Dixon

By Shunryu Suzuki
Introduction by Richard Baker
Preface by Huston Smith
Edited by Trudy Dixon

By Shunryu Suzuki
Afterword by David Chadwick

By Shunryu Suzuki
Afterword by David Chadwick

By Shunryu Suzuki
Introduction by Richard Baker
Edited by Trudy Dixon
Afterword by David Chadwick

By Shunryu Suzuki
Introduction by Richard Baker
Edited by Trudy Dixon
Afterword by David Chadwick

Best Seller

Part of Shambhala Library

Paperback $16.95

Jun 28, 2011 | ISBN 9781590308493

Paperback $16.95

Jun 02, 2020 | ISBN 9781611808414

Paperback $14.95

Jul 07, 2015 | ISBN 9781611802245

Hardcover $19.95

Oct 10, 2006 | ISBN 9781590302675

Ebook $12.99

Nov 09, 2010 | ISBN 9780834821293

Ebook $12.99

Jul 07, 2015 | ISBN 9780834802735

All Formats
+
    Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
    Paperback
    Jun 28, 2011 | ISBN 9781590308493
    See All Formats (5) +

    Paperback (3)
    –

    • Paperback $16.95

      Jun 28, 2011 | ISBN 9781590308493

    • Paperback $16.95

      Jun 02, 2020 | ISBN 9781611808414

    • Paperback $14.95

      Jul 07, 2015 | ISBN 9781611802245

    Hardcover
    +

    • Hardcover $19.95

      Oct 10, 2006 | ISBN 9781590302675

    Ebook (2)
    +

    • Ebook $12.99

      Nov 09, 2010 | ISBN 9780834821293

    • Ebook $12.99

      Jul 07, 2015 | ISBN 9780834802735

    *This title is not eligible for purchase to earn points nor for redemption with your code in the Reader Rewards program

    Buy the Ebook:

    About Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind

    “In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.”

    So begins this most beloved of all American Zen books.  Seldom has such a small handful of words provided a teaching as rich as has this famous opening line.  In a single stroke, the simple sentence cuts through the pervasive tendency students have of getting so close to Zen as to completely miss what it’s all about.  An instant teaching on the first page.  And that’s just the beginning.

    In the forty years since its original publication, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind has become one of the great modern spiritual classics, much beloved, much reread, and much recommended as the best first book to read on Zen. Suzuki Roshi presents the basics—from the details of posture and breathing in zazen to the perception of nonduality—in a way that is not only remarkably clear, but that also resonates with the joy of insight from the first to the last page.

    About Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind

    "In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few." So begins this most beloved of all American Zen books. Seldom has such a small handful of words provided a teaching as rich as has this famous opening line of Shunryu Suzuki’s classic. In a single stroke, the simple sentence cuts through the pervasive tendency students have of getting so close to Zen as to completely miss what it’s all about. An instant teaching on the first page. And that’s just the beginning.

    In the thirty years since its original publication, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind has become one of the great modern Zen classics, much beloved, much re-read, and much recommended as the best first book to read on Zen. Suzuki Roshi presents the basics—from the details of posture and breathing in zazen to the perception of nonduality—in a way that is not only remarkably clear, but that also resonates with the joy of insight from the first to the last page. It’s a book to come back to time and time again as an inspiration to practice.

    About Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind

    The best seller and perennial classic by one of the great Zen Buddhist masters–now available in Spanish.

    En los más de cuarenta años que han transcurrido desde su publicación original, Mente Zen, mente de principiante se ha convertido en uno de los grandes clásicos de la espiritualidad moderna, muy querido, continuamente releído y profusamente recomendado como el mejor libro que se puede leer sobre el Zen. Suzuki Roshi presenta las bases —desde los detalles de la postura y la respiración en zazen hasta la percepción de la no dualidad— de un modo que, además de ser notablemente claro, resuena con la alegría de la comprensión desde la primera hasta la última página.

    About Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind

    "In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few." So begins this most beloved of all American Zen books. Seldom has such a small handful of words provided a teaching as rich as has this famous opening line of Shunryu Suzuki’s classic. In a single stroke, the simple sentence cuts through the pervasive tendency students have of getting so close to Zen as to completely miss what it’s all about. An instant teaching on the first page. And that’s just the beginning.

    In the thirty years since its original publication, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind has become one of the great modern Zen classics, much beloved, much re-read, and much recommended as the best first book to read on Zen. Suzuki Roshi presents the basics—from the details of posture and breathing in zazen to the perception of nonduality—in a way that is not only remarkably clear, but that also resonates with the joy of insight from the first to the last page. It’s a book to come back to time and time again as an inspiration to practice.

    About Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind

    “In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.”

    So begins this most beloved of all American Zen books. Seldom has such a small handful of words provided a teaching as rich as has this famous opening line. In a single stroke, the simple sentence cuts through the pervasive tendency students have of getting so close to Zen as to completely miss what it’s all about. An instant teaching on the first page. And that’s just the beginning.

    In the forty years since its original publication, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind has become one of the great modern Zen classics, much beloved, much reread, and much recommended as the best first book to read on Zen. Suzuki Roshi presents the basics—from the details of posture and breathing in zazen to the perception of nonduality—in a way that is not only remarkably clear, but that also resonates with the joy of insight from the first to the last page. It’s a book to come back to time and time again as an inspiration to practice, and it is now available to a new generation of seekers in this fortieth anniversary edition, with a new afterword by Shunryu Suzuki’s biographer, David Chadwick.

    About Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind

    En los más de cuarenta años que han transcurrido desde su publicación original, Mente Zen, mente de principiante se ha convertido en uno de los grandes clásicos de la espiritualidad moderna, muy querido, continuamente releído y profusamente recomendado como el mejor libro que se puede leer sobre el Zen. Suzuki Roshi presenta las bases —desde los detalles de la postura y la respiración en zazen hasta la percepción de la no dualidad— de un modo que, además de ser notablemente claro, resuena con la alegría de la comprensión desde la primera hasta la última página.

    In the forty-plus years since its original publication, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind has become one of the great modern Zen classics, much beloved, much reread, and much recommended as the best first book to read on Zen. Suzuki Roshi presents the basics—from the details of posture and breathing in zazen to the perception of nonduality—in a way that not only is remarkably clear, but that also resonates with the joy of insight from the first to the last page.

    Product Details

    Category: Religion | Philosophy

    Paperback | $16.95
    Published by Shambhala
    Jun 28, 2011 | 176 Pages | 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9781590308493

    Category: Religion | Philosophy

    Paperback | $16.95
    Published by Shambhala
    Jun 02, 2020 | 176 Pages | 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9781611808414

    Category: Spanish Language Nonfiction | Religion | Philosophy

    Paperback | $14.95
    Published by Shambhala Espanol
    Jul 07, 2015 | 192 Pages | 5-3/4 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9781611802245

    Category: Religion | Philosophy

    Hardcover | $19.95
    Published by Shambhala
    Oct 10, 2006 | 192 Pages | 4-1/4 x 6-3/4 | ISBN 9781590302675

    Category: Religion | Philosophy

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Shambhala
    Nov 09, 2010 | 144 Pages | ISBN 9780834821293

    Category: Spanish Language Nonfiction | Religion | Philosophy

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Shambhala Espanol
    Jul 07, 2015 | 192 Pages | ISBN 9780834802735

    People Who Read Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind Also Read

    ‹ ›
    Cosmos
    America the Philosophical
    The Philosophical Breakfast Club
    The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior
    On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo
    Zen and Now
    What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
    The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead
    Sin in the Second City
    The Road to Reality
    The Lonely Man of Faith
    Letters on Life
    The Decline of the West
    The Mind and the Market
    Marx for Beginners
    The Complete Works
    The Philosopher's Handbook
    Common Sense
    Vagabonding
    The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
    Selected Dialogues of Plato
    Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1
    What Nietzsche Really Said
    The Wealth of Nations
    A World of Ideas
    Building a Bridge to the 18th Century
    Development as Freedom
    The Compleat Angler
    Being Digital
    Talk Dirty to Me
    Vamps & Tramps
    Feminism
    Culture and Imperialism
    The Social Contract and The Discourses
    Philosophy Made Simple
    On Liberty and Utilitarianism
    A History of Knowledge
    Fathers and Children
    The Captive Mind
    No Exit and Three Other Plays
    The Trial of Socrates
    The Third Wave
    Practicing History
    Social and Political Philosophy
    The Elizabethan World Picture

    Inspired by Your Browsing History

    Praise

    “[This] is a different book every time I read it. Behind the simplicity, it is dense with Zen wisdom that flashes like lightning as you read and reread.”—Jon Lebkowskyl, Millennium Whole Earth Catalog

    “One of the best and most succinct introductions to Zen practice.”—Library Journal

    “One of the top five Buddhist books, ever.”—Elephant

    Back to Top

    Visit other sites in the Penguin Random House Network

    Brightly

    Raise kids who love to read
    TASTE img

    TASTE

    An online magazine for today’s home cook

    LitFlash

    The eBooks you want at the lowest prices

    Read it Forward

    Read it first. Pass it on!