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Zen Speaks : Shouts of Nothingness

Zen Speaks : Shouts of Nothingness

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Shouts of Nothingness: profound, yet obvious
Review: "Comics are just words and pictures. You can say anything with words and pictures." ---someone I don't recall.

This comic book contains one hundred Zen Tales (koans), and I have heard some of them before. They seem to gain something when presented in this format. The author brings out something of the shock that is enlightenment that I hadn't really felt in the stroies before. The artwork is simple, yet effective. The writing is the same. The ideas conveyed are both profound and obvious. And, of course, it is a very enjoyable read.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Shouts of Nothingness: profound, yet obvious
Review: "Comics are just words and pictures. You can say anything with words and pictures." ---someone I don't recall.

This comic book contains one hundred Zen Tales (koans), and I have heard some of them before. They seem to gain something when presented in this format. The author brings out something of the shock that is enlightenment that I hadn't really felt in the stroies before. The artwork is simple, yet effective. The writing is the same. The ideas conveyed are both profound and obvious. And, of course, it is a very enjoyable read.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Shouts of Nothingness: profound, yet obvious
Review: "Comics are just words and pictures. You can say anything with words and pictures." ---someone I don't recall.

This comic book contains one hundred Zen Tales (koans), and I have heard some of them before. They seem to gain something when presented in this format. The author brings out something of the shock that is enlightenment that I hadn't really felt in the stroies before. The artwork is simple, yet effective. The writing is the same. The ideas conveyed are both profound and obvious. And, of course, it is a very enjoyable read.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Wonderful, absolutely wonderful.
Review: At first one might expect that cartoon is too informal a medium to convey the depth of a religion such as Zen. This book is beautiful in it's simplicity, the perfect starter for the religion. I recommend it as a gift to someone you love who is stressed out. Hopefully, Zen Speaks will help them to shine through adversity, as it has me. 6 stars.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Wonderful, absolutely wonderful.
Review: At first one might expect that cartoon is too informal a medium to convey the depth of a religion such as Zen. This book is beautiful in it's simplicity, the perfect starter for the religion. I recommend it as a gift to someone you love who is stressed out. Hopefully, Zen Speaks will help them to shine through adversity, as it has me. 6 stars.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One of the better introductions to Zen in a long time
Review: Elegant in simplicity. Zen in its humor.

Tsai Chih Chung is brilliant in his ability to encapsulate the meaning and experience of these zen tales. You'll put this book down different than when you started. More a piece. Calm.

Buddhist monk Tsai Chih Chung has made an incredible contribution to stacks of zen litterature with these witty cartoons. I've yet to find zen stories presented in an accessable and poignant manner as done here.

I highly reccomend it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One of the better introductions to Zen in a long time
Review: Elegant in simplicity. Zen in its humor.

Tsai Chih Chung is brilliant in his ability to encapsulate the meaning and experience of these zen tales. You'll put this book down different than when you started. More a piece. Calm.

Buddhist monk Tsai Chih Chung has made an incredible contribution to stacks of zen litterature with these witty cartoons. I've yet to find zen stories presented in an accessable and poignant manner as done here.

I highly reccomend it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Delightful!
Review: Hard to imagine that a cartoon could unfold the depths of Zen. Perhaps it is the fact the cartoons are brief yet encapsulate so much. Personally, I find it to be in the expressions of the characters in the drawings that tell the story. I really feel the smiles throughout the book and can almost see them winking along with that smile.

Never straying from the seriousness of Zen, this little gem really reveals the joy that lies underneath. A great way to get started; a great little reminder for those already underway.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Delightful!
Review: Hard to imagine that a cartoon could unfold the depths of Zen. Perhaps it is the fact the cartoons are brief yet encapsulate so much. Personally, I find it to be in the expressions of the characters in the drawings that tell the story. I really feel the smiles throughout the book and can almost see them winking along with that smile.

Never straying from the seriousness of Zen, this little gem really reveals the joy that lies underneath. A great way to get started; a great little reminder for those already underway.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: My description is not the book
Review: I recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn about Zen, and to students of Zen

It is a surprising book


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