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Original Title:	The Three Pillars of Zen
ISBN:	0385260938 (ISBN13: 9780385260930)
Edition Language:	English

The Three Pillars of Zen

Philip Kapleau

Paperback | Pages: 480 pages

Rating: 4.12 | 5434 Users | 159 Reviews

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Title	:	The Three Pillars of Zen
Author	:	Philip Kapleau
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	25th Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 480 pages
Published	:	February 27th 1989 by Anchor (first published 1965)
Categories	:	Religion. Buddhism. Zen. Philosophy. Nonfiction. Spirituality

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Through explorations of the three pillars of Zen--teaching, practice, and enlightenment--Roshi Philip Kapleau presents a comprehensive overview of the history and discipline of Zen Buddhism.  An established classic, this 35th anniversary edition features new illustrations and photographs, as well as a new afterword by Sensei Bodhin Kjolhede, who has succeeded Philip Kapleau as spiritual director of the Rochester Zen Center, one of the oldest and most influential Zen centers in the United States.

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Living in a trailer and determined to face the looming despair of actually having to grow up and make a living, this book truly opened reality for me. As a practitioner of Zen Buddhism, this book developed in me a practical sense for Buddhism that Zen so loves to obscure and cast in riddle. It made the practice more clear and more plain, and inspired in me a zeal to sit on my ass and do the work. As a result of this book, and I shite you not, I had a profound awakening in the middle of my trash

This is really a collection of lectures, letters, commentaries, and essays, compiled by the founder of the Rochester Zen Center in an effort to introduce Zen Buddhism to the Western mind. Highly recommendable for the breadth of information it contains and its accessibility. Whatever your level of interest in Zen, this is a worthy read.

Michael Singer, who wrote The Untethered Soul, described in another of his books, The Surrender Experiment, how he read The Three Pillars of Zen in his youth was was motivated to leave grad school for the woods to meditate and to wander. Naturally, I had to see what it was all about.So sorry for the long review/notes. If you want to skip all that, just read this and you will know all: Mu. Big Ideas:+ The three pillars of Zen are: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment.+ The purpose of

I have had my reservations regarding this book. And though I still have them, this is one powerful read regarding Japanese Zen. Varying human perspective (letters to students, all kinds of experiences etc.) plus commentaries, insights and some facts. I am not sure how I feel reading about enlightenment experiences for I don't know what's that and I am not sure how to relate to that. But it is an amazing text overall and I am glad I've got myself to read it.

Hands down, one of my favourite books on Zen Buddhism. You won't find any flowery poetry, philosophy or mind games in this book. Instead, you are given the basics of meditation, Zen life on retreats, and a feel for the Japanese flavour of Zen Buddhism. The lectures from YR are invaluable. The author has done a great job here. I'm also glad he pointed out the shallow nature of some other schools/authors that is passed off as "Zen", and which normally involves zero practical work. This idea is

Although I had heard of Kapleau's book when I began zazen in earnest, 20 years ago, I never got around to reading it. I was satisfied with Suzuki Roshi's Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind as a "beginner book" and didn't see any need to go back to what I imagined were concepts I had already learned and let go of. Well I was wrong but I'm glad I was wrong because it meant I could read this book with some experience. Yes, it is a so called beginner book. It does a lot of introductory work that anyone

I knew nothing about Buddhism when I started reading this book. I know very little now after having completed it. Buddhism is a complex topic. While all Buddhist sects trace their roots back to original sources in the 10th century and beyond, this book speaks mostly to a specific sect of Buddhism called Soto and focuses on several Japanese Zen masters in particular. The main protocol here is translation of teachings by a Zen master and the dialogs between students and the Zen master during