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In this companion volume to The Three Pillars of Zen, Kapleau establishes guidelines for Western practitioners of Zen Buddhism, offering appealing, simple answers to the questions Westerners most often ask.  Among the topics discussed in this informative, user-friendly book: 'Transcendental Meditation: Who Transcends What?', 'Can I Practice Zen and Be a Good Jew (or Catholic)?', 'Reading About Enlightenment Is Like Scratching an Itchy Foot Through Your Shoe,' and 'Meditation Is an Escape--What Are You Doing to Help Society?' Kapleau's eloquence, humor, and authority make this an indispensible handbook for understanding Zen in the Western world.

Zen Merging of East and West

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      Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
      Publication Date: 8/20/1989 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780385261043, 978-0385261043
      ISBN10: 0385261047
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      East Asian and Indian philosophy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this companion volume to The Three Pillars of Zen, Kapleau establishes guidelines for Western practitioners of Zen Buddhism, offering appealing, simple answers to the questions Westerners most often ask.  Among the topics discussed in this informative, user-friendly book: 'Transcendental Meditation: Who Transcends What?', 'Can I Practice Zen and Be a Good Jew (or Catholic)?', 'Reading About Enlightenment Is Like Scratching an Itchy Foot Through Your Shoe,' and 'Meditation Is an Escape--What Are You Doing to Help Society?' Kapleau's eloquence, humor, and authority make this an indispensible handbook for understanding Zen in the Western world.

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