Beyond Sanity and Madness

Publisher: Big Mind Publishing

Zen Master Dogen (1200-1253), the founder of the Soto Zen sect in Japan and one of the most brilliant minds Japan has ever produced, was a true giant of Asian thought whose works are of an astounding richness and profundity.

About Dennis Genpo Merzel

Dennis Genpo Merzel trained under Zen Master Taizan Maezumi becoming a Zen teacher in 1980. He is one of a small group of Westerners recognized in both the Soto and Rinzai Zen traditions. In 1999, Genpo Roshi combined western psychology and Zen to create Big Mind, a self-discovery process that's been presented to thousands of people across America.

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E-Book 9780977142361 0977142361 2012-08-06 304 English 0.00 x 0.00 x 0.00 in $14.95

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