Appreciate Your Life: Zen Teachings of Taizan Maezumi Roshi - Taizan Maezumi

In the tradition ofZen Mind, Beginner's Mind,this collection of the teachings of Taizan Maezumi Roshi (1931-1995) consists of short, inspiring readings that illuminate Zen philosophy and practice through simple, eloquent language. Topics include proper meditation practice, the meaning of common Zen expressions, and the cultivation of an enlightened mind.Appreciate Your Lifeis the first collection of the teachings of this popular and influential Zen master. Taizan Maezumi Roshi was one of the early Asian teachers to bring Zen to the United States. During the last thirty-five years of his life, he taught thousands of Westerners and founded Zen centers throughout the United States, Europe, and Mexico.Appreciate Your Lifeconveys the unique spirit and teaching style of this important figure, as well as his timeless insights into the practice of Zen.Appreciate Your Lifealso includes a lengthy foreword by Bernie Glassman, Maezumi Roshi's successor and a prominent contemporary Zen teacher and author. Maezumi Roshi was known to tell his students not to go searching for "Zen," but instead to develop an appreciation for their own lives as their greatest teacher. The readings inAppreciate Your Lifeare not teachings or instruction in the traditional sense. They are transcriptions of the master'steisho, his presentations of his direct experience of Zen realization. Theseteishoare crystalline offerings of Zen insight intended to reach beyond the student's intellect to her deepest essence.Glassman, Bernie is the author of 'Appreciate Your Life: Zen Teachings of Taizan Maezumi Roshi - Taizan Maezumi' with ISBN 9781570622281 and ISBN 1570622280.