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Dive into the profound world of Zen Buddhism with Sermons of a Buddhist Abbot. This captivating collection captures the essence of meditation, mindfulness, and the art of sitting still. Experience the teachings of a Zen Buddhist Abbot who toured the United States in 1905-6, sharing his insights with American audiences. Often referred to as Zen for Americans, this work seeks to unravel the fundamental principles of Zen, offering a gateway to those eager to embark on their own spiritual journey. While the second patriarch famously said, The Zen that can be explained is not the Zen, this book ...

Shaku's eminently reasonable worldview and his skillful exposition of a truly universal definition of divinity and its inevitable necessity are both compelling and difficult to refute. In particular, this collection of discourses probes deeply and revealingly into the fundamental questions that occupy the minds of believers and unbelievers alike: why men cultivate religion in the first place and what the secret of its persistent vitality is.