master miao tsan

vintagelot

Has anyone read the book Just use this mind? I've just been lent a book to read. Is this a Zen based book!

genkaku

A Google search will probably answer your questions.

Dakini

You can look the title up on Amazon, and see if there are any reviews.

vintagelot

how do you edit comments/discussions on here. ( I was being a but clumsy earlier and hit send by accident and then my windows had to update then and there too! :banghead: )

Sorry I tried to edit this before and it doesnt really work - I wanted to add is whats the best book on Zen Buddhism? I have been lent this but I really dont want to end up reading a mass of texts and find that one gem of a book.

I previously ended up doing this and found the gem of Tara Brach.

Dakini

OK, that's clearer. Still, you can look up the title on Amazon, and see what other readers think, if there are any reviews posted. If it's a Zen book, you could also ask on Zenforuminternational.

genkaku

I really dont want to end up reading a mass of texts and find that one gem of a book.

@vintagelot -- Gems are what the reader asserts, not what the text does. So, for example, "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind" is a nice book. So is "The Three Pillars of Zen." The book I like best overall is "Swampland Flowers: The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui."

One man's meat is another man's poison. Sorry about that.