{"product_id":"zen-mind-jewish-mind-koan-midrash-the-living-word-paperback","title":"Zen Mind Jewish Mind: Koan, Midrash, \u0026 the Living Word - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRami Shapiro\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A great way to deepen your spiritual life is to take a deep dive into a tradition other than your own-especially if you have a competent guide, and Rabbi Rami is an extraordinary guide. Not into Zen? Not a Jew? Not a problem. Anyone on any path will benefit enormously from this profoundly illuminating book.\" --Philip Goldberg, author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Veda: From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation, How Indian Spirituality Changed the West\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith reference to Shunryu Suzuki Roshi's classic \u003ci\u003eZen Mind, Beginner's Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, Rami Shapiro begins with beginner's mind as \"empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities. It is the kind of mind which can see things as they are, which step by step and in a flash can realize the original nature of everything.\" Then, Rami ponders beginner's mind in the child of the Passover Haggadah \"who knows not how to ask.\" The parents of this child are told to open (\u003ci\u003epatach\u003c\/i\u003e) the child to the art of questioning. Asking questions is key to Jewish mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe questioning perennial beginner is central to both Zen and Jewish, Rami demonstrates: a daring, iconoclastic, often humorous mind devoted to shattering the words, texts, isms, and ideologies on which expert mind--closed to inquiry--depends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eZen Mind \/ Jewish Mind\u003c\/i\u003e is not a scholarly study of anything, let alone Zen or Judaism, and despite all the footnotes, the book rests solely on Shapiro's fifty-plus years of playing in the garden of Judaism, Zen, and advaita\/nonduality. Chapters include \"Dharma Eye, God's I\" (1), \"Koan and Midrash\" (4), and \"The Yoga of Conversation\" (7).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabbi Rami Shapiro, \u003c\/b\u003ePhD is an award-winning author of over thirty-six books on religion, spirituality, and recovery. He codirects the One River Foundation, is a contributing editor with \u003ci\u003eSpirituality and Health Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, hosts two podcasts--Essential Conversations with Rabbi Rami, and Conversations on the Edge--and a weekly Zoom \"talk show\" called Roadside Assistance at the Corner of Tohu va-Vohu (Wild and Chaos). He is the author of dozens of books including \u003ci\u003eJudaism without Tribalism\u003c\/i\u003e (Monkfish, 2022), and the 2020 recipient of the Huston Smith Award for Excellence in Inter-Spiritual Education.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.7 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51966886936877,"sku":"9781958972656","price":20.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/mQ0q6dLEM9781958972656.webp?v=1775539549","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/zen-mind-jewish-mind-koan-midrash-the-living-word-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}