{"product_id":"becoming-yourself-teachings-on-the-zen-way-of-life","title":"Becoming Yourself: Teachings on the Zen Way of Life","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Through simple yet profound wisdom, Suzuki Roshi encourages a life of mindfulness, compassion, and non-attachment.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003eHis Holiness the Dalai Lama\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"These writings are an extraordinary gift for all of us who aspire to live more fully, to 'become who we are' in a more wholehearted and free-spirited way. I felt a burden being lifted from my shoulders just by reading this remarkable book.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003eOliver Burkeman, author of \u003ci\u003eFour Thousand Weeks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"There could not possibly be a better book for our moment in history... This handbook for sanity and balance offers what so many are craving. In the midst of national and international turmoil, it is still possible, if not utterly necessary, to learn the simplest things.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003eNaomi Shihab Nye, poet and National Book Award finalist \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eBecoming Yourself\u003c\/i\u003e is deep and delicious, tender and perplexing, a beautiful follow up to \n\u003ci\u003eZen Mind, Beginners Mind\u003c\/i\u003e. You can feel the sparkle and magical gifts of Suzuki Roshi. He touches your heart, enlightens you and makes you smile.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003eJack Kornfield, author of \u003ci\u003eA Path With Heart \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In these uncertain times, as we grapple with who we are and who we are becoming, \n\u003ci\u003eBecoming Yourself\u003c\/i\u003e is the book we need for guidance and for ballast.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003eRuth Ozeki, author of \u003ci\u003eA Tale for the Time Being\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Every page in this book contains enough wisdom to last a lifetime and I found myself copying down one sentence after another. Is it any wonder that Suzuki Roshi's books of teachings are the only medicine I send to friends who are suffering in body or mind?\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003ePico Iyer, author of \u003ci\u003eAflame\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Stillness \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eBecoming Yourself\u003c\/i\u003e offers us the rare opportunity to sit at the feet of a spiritual master. Shunryu Suzuki teaches us how to be fully alive, and he does so with his unique blend of warmth and wit and deep humility.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Robert Waldinger, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Good Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In a book that asks to be savored, Suzuki Roshi's timeless wisdom opens the door to awakening here and now. Through his clear teachings on compassion and awareness readers of all backgrounds can begin to access their true nature in order to fully become themselves.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003eSharon Salzberg, author of \u003ci\u003eLovingkindness\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReal Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Like finding a hidden treasure, the utter wonder and delight of discovering Suzuki Roshi all over again is at the heart of this marvelous book of his teachings. Roshi's humor, wisdom, and deep love of the Dharma shine through, page after page. This is a modern classic.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003eRoshi Joan Halifax, author of \u003ci\u003eBeing with Dying\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStanding at the Edge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"No one expresses the warmth and wisdom of Soto Zen like Suzuki Roshi, whose words have been a beacon for more than fifty years. In \n\u003ci\u003eBecoming Yourself\u003c\/i\u003e we hear again his unique voice in a series of short, eloquent, talks that will inspire much re-reading, copying, posting, and contemplating.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003eNorman Fischer, author of \u003ci\u003eThe World Could Be Otherwise\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Reading even a few words of this elegant volume feels like a breath of fresh air.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003eRhonda Magee, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Inner Work of Racial Justice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In these pages, Suzuki Roshi speaks as if he is speaking to us directly while manifesting the immediacy of his Zen practice. \n\u003ci\u003eBecoming Yourself\u003c\/i\u003e is a treasure.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003eGil Fronsdal, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Issue at Hand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki's teaching on becoming ourselves turns us towards each moment of our lives, in which who we are is revealed. This teaching can bring ease to anyone striving to 'be somebody' in the future rather than honoring the shaping of our lives already unfolding.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003eZenju Earthlyn Manuel, author of \u003ci\u003eOpening to Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Deepest Peace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In this wonderful new collection of teachings given by Suzuki Roshi there is a brief chapter called 'Why I Came to America.' There he says, 'what I want to establish here is Buddhism in some pure form.' This will be a new turning of the Dharma Wheel for many Western students of Zen.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003eReb Anderson, author of \u003ci\u003eBeing Upright\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eBecoming Yourself\u003c\/i\u003e is Suzuki Roshi's expression of the profound truth that you are already free. To know this deeply, amid gaining and losing, having and lacking, selfing and othering, good and bad, birth and death, is Zen practice.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003eGuo Gu, author of \u003ci\u003eSilent Illumination\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShunryu Suzuki Roshi (1904-1971) was a lifelong Soto Zen Buddhist priest and one of the most prominent and beloved spiritual teachers of the twentieth century. His life's work was to transmit authentic Zen practice from Japan to the United States, preserving the heart of the teaching and traditional forms while allowing them space to adapt and take root in Western soil. He founded the San Francisco Zen Center, among the oldest and largest Buddhist training places in the West. Suzuki Roshi's teachings were first edited and collected in the influential classic \n\u003ci\u003eZen Mind, Beginner's Mind\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrom the beloved author of \u003ci\u003eZen Mind, Beginner's Mind\u003c\/i\u003e comes a new book of teachings on the essence of Zen practice \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I felt a burden being lifted from my shoulders just by reading this remarkable book.\" --Oliver Burkeman\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Our way of sitting is for you to become yourself.\" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this long-awaited book from one of the most influential spiritual teachers of the last century, Shunryu Suzuki Roshi shares simple, warmhearted teachings on a practice that is fundamentally about becoming yourself. In his inimitable style, filled with humor and insight, \n\u003ci\u003eBecoming Yourself\u003c\/i\u003e speaks directly to the newest beginners while also serving as a touchstone and a continual source of inspiration for even the most experienced practitioners and Zen teachers. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eBecoming Yourself\u003c\/i\u003e unearths new jewels from the late Suzuki's lectures and brings to light many of his unpublished teachings. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBecoming yourself is not meant to be understood as an idea; it is meant to be tried out as a way of being. It is \"Just to sit,\" a practice of wholeheartedly being as you are, moment after moment, no matter what is happening. It is a practice of deeply connecting with how it feels to be alive in your surroundings, whether on a meditation cushion or not, and stepping forward from that connection. It is opening to your life, wherever you are, and finding right there a deep well of innate wisdom, compassion and care.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Suzuki, Shunryu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tarcher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2025-07-15\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Philosophy|Zen|Mind, Body, Spirit|Mindfulness \u0026amp; Meditation|Self-Help|Personal Growth|General|Religion|Buddhism|General (see also Philosophy - Buddhist)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Meditations|Meditation|Buddhism|Spiritual life|Self-help publications|Zen Buddhism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.7 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593855249\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9780593855249\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tarcher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51153960042774,"sku":"SP-9780593855249","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780593855249_spiral.png?v=1774929118","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/becoming-yourself-teachings-on-the-zen-way-of-life","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}