{"product_id":"not-always-so-shunryu-suzuki-9780060957544","title":"Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Practising the true spirit of Zen.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eNot Always So\u003c\/em\u003e is based on Shunryu Suzuki's lectures and is framed in his own inimitable, allusive, paradoxical style, rich with unexpected and off-centre insights. Suzuki knew he was dying at the time of the lectures, which gives his thoughts an urgency and focus even sharper than in the earlier book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \u003cem\u003eNot Always So \u003c\/em\u003eSuzuki once again voices Zen in everyday language with the vigour, sensitivity, and buoyancy of a true friend. Here is support and nourishment. Here is a mother and father lending a hand, but letting you find your own way. Here is guidance which empowers your freedom (or way-seeking mind), rather than pinning you down to directions and techniques. Here is teaching which encourages you to touch and know your true heart and to express yourself fully, teaching which is not teaching from outside, but a voice arising in your own being. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shunryu Suzuki, Edward Espe Brown, Zen Center San Francisco\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0060957549\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060957544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperOne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.93h x 5.41w x 0.42d","brand":"Shunryu Suzuki","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049025007871,"sku":"9780060957544","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c5615573-462d-4abe-b85b-30c8eb171b59.jpg?v=1684999175","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/not-always-so-shunryu-suzuki-9780060957544","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}