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Summary: awesome!
Review: Interested in Zen? Put away those long wordy books by various masters and get this instead. This wonderful "comic book" may have fewer words in it compared to others, but it speaks volumes. The author has a great talent for taking a Zen saying and translating it into pictures that show the concept, making the experience immediate and not reliant upon language (which is very Zen in and of itself). This book would make a great gift, too, since it's beautifully illustrated and has the original Chinese text in the margins. If you're only going to buy one book on Zen, make it this one.
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Summary: Start Here
Review: Just getting started on your desire to understand eastern philosophies? Have you stood at the bookstore for hours pouring over where to start and what to buy? Any of this authors books are a wonderful place to start. The reason? Because these books are all about the title subject in a nutshell, easy to read as a comic book, the story lines and illustrations are wonderful, and after you read this as well as all the other books by Tsai, you will have a great, well rounded start on your path and will know what you want to study more deeply! To add, when others ask you about your interest in eastern philosophy, you can get them started here as well, because these books are fun, consise, and you know they will enjoy them over and over again!
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Summary: Start Here
Review: Just getting started on your desire to understand eastern philosophies? Have you stood at the bookstore for hours pouring over where to start and what to buy? Any of this authors books are a wonderful place to start. The reason? Because these books are all about the title subject in a nutshell, easy to read as a comic book, the story lines and illustrations are wonderful, and after you read this as well as all the other books by Tsai, you will have a great, well rounded start on your path and will know what you want to study more deeply! To add, when others ask you about your interest in eastern philosophy, you can get them started here as well, because these books are fun, consise, and you know they will enjoy them over and over again!
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Summary: I LIKE YOUR WORK SO MUCH I WANT TO EDIT AND PUBLISH IN GREEC
Review: MY NAME IS ALEXIA PETROPOULOY AND I REPRESENT AELLA EDITIONS IN ATHENS GREECE. I WOULD LIKE TO EDIT YOUR BOOKS TAO SPEAKS & ZEN SPEAKS. THE PROBLEM IS THAT I CANNOT FIND YOUR FAX OR TELEPHONE. PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH US BY CALL OR FAXING IN THIS NUMBER 0030 1 3255057. WE WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER US ABOUT THE PROCEDURE& THE PRICE OF THE RIGHTS.
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Summary: Don't Judge This Book By Its Cover
Review: This book exists to make Zen more accessible to the general public. For those people that practice Zen, the essence of Zen can only be felt or only be understood but not through words or pictures. As one teaching of Zen would have it, you would appreciate how beautiful the moon is rather than the finger that points you to that moon. I have to admit that this book manages to clarify certain teachings that are also mentioned in other Zen books. I'm not saying that this comic book provides me with the absolute truth about certain Zen sayings but it does provide me with an insight. Everyone has their own ways of getting to the original thinking & if this book cuts the cake, so be it. If we think that this is merely a comic book, then, it is a delusion! Remember, don't judge a book by its cover. This book is profoundly serious. Highly recommended, light-hearted & enjoyable to read.
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Summary: Don't Judge This Book By Its Cover
Review: This book exists to make Zen more accessible to the general public. For those people that practice Zen, the essence of Zen can only be felt or only be understood but not through words or pictures. As one teaching of Zen would have it, you would appreciate how beautiful the moon is rather than the finger that points you to that moon. I have to admit that this book manages to clarify certain teachings that are also mentioned in other Zen books. I'm not saying that this comic book provides me with the absolute truth about certain Zen sayings but it does provide me with an insight. Everyone has their own ways of getting to the original thinking & if this book cuts the cake, so be it. If we think that this is merely a comic book, then, it is a delusion! Remember, don't judge a book by its cover. This book is profoundly serious. Highly recommended, light-hearted & enjoyable to read.
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Summary: Zen in art.
Review: This book not only gives real life uses for zen, but tells you how to use zen in real life
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Summary: For the basics and advance, get this book
Review: This is my first encounter w/Zen philosophy, and I must say this book presents it excellently! For Zen's point of "seeing one's mind," this book does a great job. Both the illustrator and writer mesh flow like wind and water, shattering the written word, forcing one to see oneself. Great job!
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Summary: A joy of a book
Review: Truthfully, I don't know how well this book introduces Zen, but I do know that I really enjoyed it. All the Zen stories that I've heard over the years plus tons more are all presented here in cartoon form with short explanations by someone (a cartoon zen master I presume) who is explaining the story to a westerner. One point that I have to make is how much more of an impact this book had on me after I watched Joseph Campbell's video series "The Power of Myth" . I read this book both before and after I watched the videos and realized how much more they meant to me afterwards and how great this book really is. If you want to get even more out of this book, check out the Campbell videos, you won't be sorry that you did.
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Summary: Forget Those Heavy Books About Zen
Review: Yes.
This is the ultimate guide to Zen.
TCC's great drawings and simple explanations brings you the Zen thinking to your home. A must have for anyone interested in eastern culture.
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