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Not Always So
Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen
The second major anthology of talks, prepared by Edward Espe Brown—Tassajara's cook and Suzuki's disciple—from transcriptions not used in Zen Mind. The title echoes one of his favourite formulas: the truth of a moment is not always so. It deals with goalless practice, acceptance of impermanence and the everyday ethics of Zen.
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Authorship note
Oral talks edited by Edward Espe Brown.
Editions and translations
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English
Not Always So
Harper Paperbacks, 2003
ISBN 0060957549
Not Always So
HarperCollins, 2002
ISBN 0060197854
Español
No siempre será así
Oniro, 2003
ISBN 9788497540506
Traducción al español (Oniro / Paidós)
Deutsch
Seid wie reine Seide und scharfer Stahl
Integral, 2003
ISBN 9783778781449
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Français
Libre de soi, libre de tout
Points, 2013
ISBN 9782757831762
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Other works by Shunryu Suzuki
Sources
- Suzuki, Shunryu. Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen. Ed. Edward Espe Brown. Nueva York: HarperCollins, 2002.
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