Contemplation: An Intellectual's Zen Inquiry

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Author: Lin Guzhen
Publisher: Writers Publishing House

Content Overview:
Concentrating wholeheartedly on a single task is not necessarily what is called spiritual practice; when practice conflicts with career planning; world-saving remedies versus spiritual chicken soup. To speak of value requires examination; with the tension between reason and emotion at its core, this book explores the predicament intellectuals face when confronting Zen practice. The book argues that overreliance on thinking may in fact become an obstacle to understanding.
Through layer upon layer of questioning and deconstruction, it guides readers from "understanding" toward "experience." It is a work of great speculative depth and guidance.

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