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    The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment
    The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment
    The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment
    Audiobook14 hours

    The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment

    Written by Roshi Philip Kapleau

    Narrated by Sean Runnette

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    About this audiobook

    In this classic work of spiritual guidance, the founder of the Rochester Zen Center presents a comprehensive overview of Zen Buddhism. Exploring the three pillars of Zen-teaching, practice, and enlightenment-Roshi Philip Kapleau, the man who founded one of the oldest and most influential Zen centers in the United States, presents a personal account of his own experiences as a student and teacher, and in so doing gives listeners invaluable advice on how to develop their own practices. Revised and updated, this edition features a new afterword by Sensei Bodhin Kjolhede, who succeeded Kapleau as spiritual director of the Rochester Zen Center. A moving, eye-opening work, The Three Pillars of Zen is the definitive introduction to the history and discipline of Zen.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateAug 15, 2017
    ISBN9781515988113
    The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment

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    • 5/5
      I lived At The Rochester Zen Center and happened to be there the day Roshi passed away outside in the back garden. I was honored to know him for the brief time that I did. I even used to read to him and play guitar for him during the last month of his life. I am so grateful to all he has done for Zen and Buddhism in the west.

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    • 5/5
      Wow this book was amazing recommend to everyone very eye-opening

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    • 5/5
      I wanted to listen to this book because Angelo DiLullo mentions it favorably and I was curious. He made it sound interesting, so I thought if give it a listen.

      I wasn't so interested in the early part of the book, but once it got into the main point of the book, it was very interesting and captured my attention.

      By the end of the book, I absolutely loved it! I especially loved the section that recounts individual Awakening experiences. This was so inspirational.

      If you want motivation to keep going toward full liberation, you'll probably get a lot out of this book. ❤️

    • 1/5
      The narrator has a strange cadence. Pronounced and askew! Couldn’t appreciate the book as clarity was difficult!