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Grab some Alan Watts tapes and read Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0834800799 http://www.amazon.com/dp/0834800799)!
by cypherpunks01 15y ago
Grab some Alan Watts tapes and read Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0834800799 http://www.amazon.com/dp/0834800799)!
- xavoy 15y agoAlan Watts is great, but he talks too much. It's interesting, and encouraging for those with an already established practice, but people who are new to meditation need to just sit. It's _very_ tempting to read about Zen and think it is nothing but an interesting philosophy. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind is one of my favorite books, but there's very little actual instruction there and, once again, without an established practice, it would be easy to write it off as beautifully poetic but essentially baseless philosophy. (hehe, essentially baseless. Sorry, that's a bad Zen pun)