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*Tim was only 20 years old and a student at Stanford in 1964 when he met his teacher, Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. At that time there was only one small Zen center in northern California and the practice of meditation was considered “kind of odd.” Then the wildly successful Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind was published. Tim heard firsthand the talks that later appeared in that book, which has sold more than any other book on Zen Buddhism.
In Tim’s new book, he tells of the struggle to raise money for the now famous Tassajara Monastery, the first Zen monastery outside of Asia. He tells the story of when Suzuki took the stage after Janis Joplin at the Fillmore Auditorium during a fund-raiser. And he remembers Suzuki’s empathy for his long-suffering student, ...more

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Three Zen Masters and an Ugly Duckling

“How far is it?” I asked, a bit out of sorts. We had just finished morning meditation at the San Francisco Zen Center and my teacher Suzuki Sensei was asking for a ride.

“Not far. I have directions,” he answered, in his usual happy tone.
Sensei, Japanese for teacher, wanted to visit a woman who’d contacted him about Buddhism. He hadn’t met her so he felt he should go for a visit.

I’d been his st

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	Zen in the Age of Anxiety 3.62 avg rating — 260 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nothing Holy about It: The Zen of Being Just Who You Are by Tim Burkett (Goodreads Author), Norman Fischer (Foreword) 4.31 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Enlightenment Is an Accident: Ancient Wisdom and Simple Practices to Make You Accident Prone by Tim Burkett (Goodreads Author), Wanda Isle (Editor) 4.39 avg rating — 49 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Singing and Dancing Are the Voice of the Law: A Commentary on Hakuin's “Song of Zazen” by Bussho Lahn, Tim Burkett (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Probing the Sutras: A Guide to Studying and Understanding Buddhism's Most Essential Texts by Guy Gibbon, Roger Jackson (Foreword), Tim Burkett (Goodreads Author) (Preface) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“CEO of People Incorporated,”
― Tim Burkett, Nothing Holy about It: The Zen of Being Just Who You Are

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“Fear. First, it’s important to recognize that fear-based thinking is evolutionary. It is called the “negativity bias,” and scientists believe it originated as an adaptive mechanism to help human beings survive. Imagine that one of our early ancestors saw rustling in tall grasses. If his instincts consistently told him it was a tiger, rather than a rabbit, his risk of extinction decreased. In these circumstances, fear saved lives.”
― Tim Burkett, Zen in the Age of Anxiety: Wisdom for Navigating Our Modern Lives

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“Zen life is about letting go of moral judgments that alienate people and divide communities.”
― Tim Burkett, Zen in the Age of Anxiety: Wisdom for Navigating Our Modern Lives

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