Upside-Down Zen: Finding the Marvelous in the Ordinary

by Susan Murphy

Book Overview

Writing and teaching in the same tradition as Robert Aitken ( Taking the Path of Zen ) and John Tarrant ( Bring Me the Rhinoceros ), Susan Murphy shares their warm and lyrical approach to Zen Buddhism. Upside-Down Zen is Murphy's unique invitation to explore the vivid spirit of Zen. Concentrating her gaze on the particular-the lived moment-she delivers Zen's timeless wisdom in a voice that stimulates and sustains the interest of the contemporary reader...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 086171279X
• ISBN13: 9780861712793
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Wisdom Publications
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Zen Is Life: Susan Murphy is a Teacher Like No Other

Of all of the many books I have in my liberty, this is the one I'd grab if the house was on fire ... I'll go further ... Among the thousands of books I've read over the past 50+ years, this book is the one that I value beyond all others ... The lessons in this book are both difficult and easy ... They offer a life time of wisdom, guidance and inspiration ... Zen can be hard to get into but Susan Murphy takes you by the hand and with a compassionate heart flowing with poetic insights she opens your mind, your senses, your spirit and your entire being to the Zen of life

A Radical Shift In The Perspective Of Everything

A compleletely different take on how one could view anything in their life and be inspired by it. There were chapters in here that left me breathless! I've never read such simple observations interpreted into marvelous beauty. I highly recommend it to anyone looking to find joy in any and everything they encounter in their life.