Product Description

These insights from many years of Zen meditation practice appeal to a wide range of spiritual traditions and explore topics such as the difference between process and content, notions of right and wrong, ending self-punishment, and taking responsibility for one's experiences. Perfect for beginning Zen students and for those interested in Buddhism in general or eastern religion, it features deep spiritual insights and playful illustrations that add warmth and approachability to the topic.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #65059 in Books
• Published on: 1999-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

About the Author
Cheri Huber is the author of 19 books, including There Is Nothing Wrong with You, When You're Falling, Dive,and Time-Out for Parents. She founded the Mountain View Zen Center in Mountain View, California, and the Zen Monastery Practice Center in Murphys, California, and teaches in both communities. She travels widely and often, leading workshops and retreats around the United States and abroad, most recently in Costa Rica and Italy. She founded Living Compassion in 2003, a nonprofit group comprised of There Is Nothing Wrong With You Retreats (based on the book); Global Community for Peace: The Assisi Peace Project; The Africa Vulnerable Children Project; and Open Air Talk Radio, her weekly call-in radio show originating from Stanford University. She lives in Murphys, California.

Customer Reviews

"The Key," changed my point of view forever!
I offer these words in loving-kindness as the words and pictures in this awesome book are offered to you.

In 1991, Tich Nhat Hanh's simple statement, "Understanding and love are not two things, but just one," in "Peace is Every Step," put on me the middle way. The awesome, life changing wisdom in this little book has kept me there.

Lovingly scribbled and illustrated (thanks so much June!) on the pages of this treasure is a practical approach to realizing the "Now What, But How" Compassion that is Zen. If you do not read anything else by Cheri Huber, read "The Key." If you find you love, "The Key," as I did, be sure to read "That Which You Are Seeking Is Causing You to Seek."

A life changing experience
This book along with That Which You are Seeking became this first step of a wonderful life changing journey to acceptance of what is. I continue to re-read it and share it.

One of the best-ever "plain english" zen books
There are many zen books, and most of them are very hard for Americans to grasp because they are tied to Japanese, Indian, or Chinese cultural ideas, and are full of footnotes and "commentary" on what the author meant. They're harder to read than textbooks, which is ironic because zen is a simple concept.

Cheri Huber has written a set of books so graspable and sublime that you will find yourself having the "aha!" reaction on almost every page. The text is simple enough that even a gradeschooler could understand it, and it's handwritten with hand-drawn illustrations to make it that much friendlier.

True, there are no names, dates, or titles in this book, just the essential ideas. But don't let the simplicity fool you -- this is the real stuff. One can read this book a hundred times, and each time go "aha!" at some new level of understanding, or application of the ideas, or just at one's own progress with the ideas.

This is the first book in the series, and many people think it's the best, because it is the simplest and most general. If you're going to get any of Cheri's books, get this one.