PRACTICAL ZEN by Julian Daizan Skinner, read by Julian Daizan Skinner - audiobook extract
A simple yet profound guide to establishing a transformative and sustaining Zen meditation practice.\n\nZen master Julian Daizan Skinner guides the listener through a sequence of meditation techniques that can safely lead even a complete novice through to advanced levels. Based on his own long experience of the Rinzai Zen tradition, as taught by the great 17th-century masters Hakuin and Bankei, Daizan highlights the key points for success and addresses the pitfalls. Structured around a traditional teaching framework called 'The two wings of a bird', Daizan clearly lays-out how these methods build and combine to create a transformative and sustaining practice. \n\nThe work of a master, the audiobook speaks at a deep level, with utmost simplicity.