{"product_id":"zen-for-intellectuals-fredo-velazquez-9798411384505","title":"Zen for intellectuals: (Unintellectual Fables \u0026 Koans)","description":"Since time immemorial, the language of Zen has been a powerful antidote to the overly intellectual relationship between humans and the immediacies of life. In like manner, Zen philosophy is considered an anti-philosophical philosophy that does not seek to remain in people's minds; rather, it intends to be destroyed in the face of what \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e, and what \u003ci\u003eis \u003c\/i\u003enot. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe unfortunate consequences of our intellectual excesses have not only made us \u003ci\u003ehuman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e all too human\u003c\/i\u003e, but have also led us to overlook our cognitive confines. We now seem pretentiously preoccupied with the question of why things happen, disregarding the actual experience of the happenings that happen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd although the intellect is our only tool for consciously experiencing the world, we sometimes have to brush it aside in order to immerse ourselves in \u003ci\u003eThe Experience\u003c\/i\u003e that exists in the existent, but dwells not in the mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Zen riddles contained herein epitomize the eternal conflict between the enigmatic Zen language of \u003ci\u003ethe timeless-times\u003c\/i\u003e and the ever-present human existential angst; a conflict that, as it turns out, is mercilessly ridiculed and satirized by the characters in this work. So, in the hope of \u003ci\u003eawakening \u003c\/i\u003ethe reader to what genuinely concerns our human experience, I welcome you all to the world of Master Grasshopper and the cenobite.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fredo Velazquez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8411384500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798411384505\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d","brand":"Fredo Velazquez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44128345129215,"sku":"9798411384505","price":14.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_766f48bd-704b-4daa-a420-647ab5aabb6f.jpg?v=1687458238","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/zen-for-intellectuals-fredo-velazquez-9798411384505","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}