Title: try something different
Product review: a simple little book that neither adds nor detracts anything from the zen "canon." i found myself suffering through an accute sense of deja-vu as i read allen's book. nothing in this book hasn't been said or done before in other "zen for everyday man" or "zen for westners" type books. unfortunately, allen's book falls into the very dualism that he claims to reject from "disfunctional" western thought (i.e. zen thought good, western thought bad). occational attacks and pokes at the west quickly become part of this book's landscape. sadly, by the end of the book the only thing that stands out are the pictures. i would suggest exploring other books on the topic of zen that are less concerned with superflous judgements & dull ancedotes.
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