Finding the Still Point: A Beginner's Guide to Zen Meditation

Authors: Loori, John Daido
Publisher: Shambhala
BISAC/Subject: PHI025000, REL092000, REL007020
ISBN: 9780834842847, Related ISBNs: 083484284X, 1590304799, 1590306104, 1611808456, 9780834842847
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 96,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: One of the simplest, easiest-to-understand guides to Zen meditation--with audio exercises to serve as meditation companions.

Through Zen meditation it is possible to find stillness of mind even amidst our everyday activities--and this book reveals how. With easy-to-understand instructions, practical lessons, and short-but-sweet tid-bits of useful information, beloved Zen master John Daido Loori shares the way of Zen meditation in terms that even those starting from the very beginning can understand. Guided audio instructions--available for download online--supplement the teachings throughout the book, giving beginners the tools they need to take that first step into Zen practice and meditation.
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