- Paperback: 185 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; 1st ed edition (13 Dec 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0062516787
- ISBN-13: 978-0062516787
- Product Dimensions: 18.1 x 12.7 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,335,685 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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?Those who say they have no time for meditation will relish this humorous but perceptive book.?"Publishers Weekly"?Sudo explains how to turn the most ho-hum activities into opportunities for transcendence.?"Fitness" magazine?Wisdom to help readers open their minds to eternal truths, recognize the divine in the mundane, and experience each day with joy, hope, gratitude, and wonder.?--"Paper Clips"
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Zen 24/7 shows you how to make each moment a Zen moment in order to transform even your most ho-hum days into once-in-a-lifetime opportunities for spiritual growth and transcendence. Daily koans, parables and meditations, along with Sudo's signature wit and modern-day wisdom, challenge readers to stay rooted in the here and now; look inward and open their mind to eternal truths; regard each day with wonder, hope and gratitude; and recognise the divine in the mundane. Paying attention to the countless, seemingly insignificant things we do every day, such as reading the paper, brushing our teeth, waiting in line and withdrawing cash from the ATM, becomes the pathway to a more profound experience of life.
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Any and every action can be a source of insight-even enlightenment-whether it's toothbrushing, going to the bathroom, or opening a can of beer. Read the first page
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Format:Paperback
Delightful, deceptively simple walk through a day, highlighting events and times to practice. Like all great Zen writing, Sudo communicates with grace and gentle humour. You won't find 'the answer' in the book (Sudo is the first to recognise that in the text itself) but he gives plenty of places to go look. A great bedside companion, to plant a seed for tomorrow. Recommended
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
perfect little book
26 Aug 2002
Format:Paperback
A perfect little book about zen written in such a simple way as to teach you without teaching and he makes everyday objects vessels of Zen. It changes the way you look at these things. Sudo takes things that appear in our day such as "bed" "car" "tv" and devotes one or two pages to them, showing for example how watching tv is zen...great little illustrations by Bo Hok Cline in the Japanese style of the objects on each page as well. Sudo could write a zen encyclopedia, devoting a paragraph to every object around us, that would be cool :)
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
deceptively simple
20 Sep 2004
Format:Paperback
On first examination this book seems a little light weight and a bit pithy.
Nevertheless,over the next few days I found myself thinking about some of the things mentioned, like Zen Commute. I started to reflect on what was the underlying force that was driving evrything everywhere. Where are we all going and what is driving us?
There is some profound insight here if you are willing to put in the thought.
If you just read without thinking it would appear very light weight. But isn't that Zen in itself, the very simple things around you can lead to the greatest insight if you can find a way in.
A beautiful waste of time.
Nevertheless,over the next few days I found myself thinking about some of the things mentioned, like Zen Commute. I started to reflect on what was the underlying force that was driving evrything everywhere. Where are we all going and what is driving us?
There is some profound insight here if you are willing to put in the thought.
If you just read without thinking it would appear very light weight. But isn't that Zen in itself, the very simple things around you can lead to the greatest insight if you can find a way in.
A beautiful waste of time.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Worth reading
14 May 2002
Format:Paperback
...This book is more than a little bit "fluffy." Perhaps a problem with stating basic profound truths that they are all pretty obvious; "Things are what they are." Depending on your perspective, that's either deep or shallow.
Still, Zen 24/7 provides perspectives on zen in our daily lives, and can serve as a good reminder to pay attention and think of the possibilities for spiritual awakening in everyday life.
This is a good book to flip through. You can read the segments in any order, and they are nice to fill up spare moments of waiting. But if you read too many of them in a row, they all start to seem the same.
I'd say this is a good book for a zen afternoon snack, but for a complete zen meal, check out Janwillem van de Wetering, Thich Nhat Hanh, Maurine Stuart, or Geri Larkin.
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