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Everyday Zen
by Charlotte Joko Beck
Zen without exotica: practice is your life, relationships, work, suffering, with Beck's dry clarity. Among the best American Zen books.
Read it if…
you want Zen applied to ordinary life.
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Skip it if…
you want koans and ritual.
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Three things you will actually use
- Practice is this moment.
- Experience, don't explain.
- No special states.
Do this first
Read the chapter on the fire of attention.
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Beck's Zen.
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