The Eye Never Sleeps: Striking to the Heart of Zen

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 141 pages
• Published by: Shambhala
• Edition: 1st Edition April 9, 1991
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0877735697
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0877735694
• Book Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Weighs: 7 ounces

Product Review
"Genpo fairly gushes with enthusiasm . . . The Eye Never Sleeps makes for lively reading and is an great addition to the expanding bookshelf on lay American practice."—Mountain Record

"These unpretentious, exhilarating commentaries on Sosan Zenj's 'Verses on the Faith Mind,' a classic teaching of Zen's Golden Age in China, are a clear and refreshing illustration of how Zen teachings can illuminate our daily lives."—Peter Matthiessen

Product Description
The radical challenge of Zen Buddhism is to drop all assumptions and prejudices and experience the truth directly. American Zen teacher Dennis Genpo Merzel brings new life to this ancient wisdom through his commentaries on a classic Chinese Zen scripture, "Verses on Faith-Mind," by the Third Patriarch of Zen, Sosan Zenji. The author strikes to the heart of Zen with clarity and force, expressing in modern terms, to an American audience, the essential wisdom and compassion of Sosan Zenji's famous poem. Full of colorful Zen lore and personal anecdotes from Dennis Genpo Merzel's life, these talks impart the Buddha's teaching directly and intimately, illuminating in simple words the timeless questions and problems of day-to-day life.

Reader Reviews
This book is well written. And should be read. The books tries to help you experience the truth without any so called prejudices. Hopefully the commentaries of Merzel on the classic hinese Zen scriptures can help us westerners understand.