Product Description

A Zen Center weekend in a book! The delightfully contemporary teacher and bestselling author of Everyday Zen shows how to make living itself a spiritual practice and how to discover that the extraordinary is really "nothing special."

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #32710 in Books
• Published on: 1993-09-03
• Released on: 1994-09-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 177 pages

Review
"Deep Wisdom; strong, clear, practical advice--wonderful common sense Zen." -- Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart

"Joko Beck speaks from the timeless and the perennial, so her metaphors of ordinary things and everyday incidents illumine my mundane life. Nothing Special is Zen alive and how to live it." -- Robert Aitken, author of Taking the Path of Zen

About the Author

Charlotte Joko Beck is the founder and former head teacher at the Zen Center in San Diego. She now lives in Arizona.

Customer Reviews

Very useful book
I read this book more than a couple of years ago, but I still feel that I benefit from what I learned from it. It really increased my mindfulness and awareness of my own thoughts and behavior. I think that the benefits I got from the book have led me to a better place. I highly recommend it both for disciplined meditators and those who currently are neither disciplined nor meditators :)

Pretty darn special
When I purchased this book online about a year ago, I had no idea what a gift it would be. I was curious about Zen, but hadn't incorporated it into my life quite yet. I read pieces of the book here and there, and I soon realized there was something really incredible about it. It seemed like no matter what I was going through in life, reading only a few pages would "speak" to me incredibly. It feels like this book was written just for me, and I believe that chances are you will feel the same way when you read it for yourself. The book is so excellent that I decided to purchase it for my friend. Finally today I have finished this book, and I can't wait to read it again.

This book is very down to earth. Compassionate, but brutally honest. If you will open your mind and heart, this book will guide you in transforming your "small mind" into "big mind." I would say this book is equivalent to a Christian devotional. Definitely won't hurt to read one short chapter everyday. This book will continue giving, and perhaps you will too. :)

An Ok read.
An Ok read - nothing special. There are no answers for life in this book, just guidance for sitting.