{"product_id":"not-always-so-practicing-the-true-spirit-of-zen","title":"Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen","description":"Practicing the True Spirit of Zen\nNot Always So 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.\nIn Not Always So Suzuki Roshi 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.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0060197854\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0060197854.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Suzuki, Shunryu|San Francisco, Zen Center|Brown, Edward Espe\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43199799787581,"sku":"BVV.0060197854.A","price":6.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0060197854-0.jpg?v=1779052798","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/not-always-so-practicing-the-true-spirit-of-zen","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}