Dropping Ashes on the Buddha: The Teachings of Zen Master Seung Sahn by Stephen Mitchell

Dropping Ashes on the Buddha: The Teachings of Zen Master Seung Sahn

Stephen Mitchell

256 pages first pub 1976 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Description

Somebody comes into the Zen center with a lighted cigarette, walks up to the Buddha statue, blows smoke in its face, and drops ashes on its lap. You are standing there. What can you do? This is a problem that Zen Master Seung Sahn is fond of posin...

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