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From: roderic@vicom.com (Roderic Taylor)
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Subject: Zen Books
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Date: 19 Mar 90 14:45:05 GMT
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   Tom Simmonds (simmonds@demon.siemens.com) writes:
=I have done extensive reading on the topic of Zen.  Here is a list of some
=of my favorite books on zen.  All are/were available in paperback.

   I would like to add my favorite Zen book to the list:

               Bankei Zen:
                  Translations from the record of Bankei
                        --by Peter Haskel


   Bankei is unique among the zen masters of old in that he regularly
preached to large crowds of ordinary people (as opposed to monks
in monasteries).  As a result, his writings are relatively approachable
for someone who knows nothing of zen or Buddhism.

                                                    --Roderic T

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                               | All the Buddhas
                               | and all sentient beings
                               | are nothing but the One Mind,
                               | beside which nothing exists.
                                   --from the Zen Teachings of Huang Po