Dancing with Your Books: The Zen Way of Studying

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Plume, 1990 - Education - 181 pages
Here is a sound guide for students that one hopes will be cataloged in the How to Study rather than Zen religion area. The author, an experienced professor, touches bases with many previous writers who have explicated Zen Buddhism for the West. Simple meditation, mind control, and relaxation methods are explained in short chapters. The applications to study are relevant to most common student problems. A final section summarizes some specific study techniques given in other guides. In all, this is a valuable addition to a subject that usually lacks discussion of the psychological pitfalls. It could become a cult classic--but who can tell in the current college atmosphere? For undergraduate collections.-- Jeanne S. Bagby, formerly with Tucson P.L., Ariz.-Library Journal.

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Control and Freedom
21
Beginners Mind
27
Is There Life After Ego?
33
Copyright

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