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  • Published: 7 October 2020
  • ISBN: 9781611808452
  • Imprint: Shambhala
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 96
  • RRP: $34.00

Finding the Still Point

A Beginner's Guide to Zen Meditation



One of the simplest, easiest-to-understand guides to Zen meditation--with audio exercises to serve as meditation companions.

One of the simplest, easiest-to-understand guides to Zen meditation--with audio exercises to serve as meditation companions.

Through Zen meditation it is possible to find stillness of mind even amidst our everyday activities--and this book reveals how. With easy-to-understand instructions, practical lessons, and short-but-sweet tid-bits of useful information, beloved Zen master John Daido Loori shares the way of Zen meditation in terms that even those starting from the very beginning can understand. Guided audio instructions--available for download online--supplement the teachings throughout the book, giving beginners the tools they need to take that first step into Zen practice and meditation.

  • Published: 7 October 2020
  • ISBN: 9781611808452
  • Imprint: Shambhala
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 96
  • RRP: $34.00

About the author

John Daido Loori

John Daido Loori is one of the most well-known and respected Zen teachers in the United States. He is a successor of the late Taizan Maezumi Roshi and has received transmission in both Soto and Rinzai lineages of Zen.

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Praise for Finding the Still Point

"Loori, the revered and celebrated founder and abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery, distills experience and wisdom into a resolute and economical guide for beginners. This book-and-CD package promises to be a graceful gem in the legendary cosmic Diamond net."--Publishers Weekly Religion Bookline