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Title: Worthless & Priceless
Review: If this book were true dharma it would not sell for so much money used - even if it is out of print. For this very purpose and reason, it ought to be reprinted asap so aspiring buddhas everywhere can glean from Urs Apps' brilliant introduction and superb translation. Who will do the honors? In the event it's reprinted, I will "gift" this work to countless folks wondering what I'm doing wasting my mornings on a cushion, my days steeped in Zen poetry and various dharma works. Scouts honor. I nominate Copper Canyon, but maybe some other publisher will step to the fore. Apps' introduction is hands down the single greatest and most accessible essay on Zen Buddhism that I've ever read - period. Rescue this text from sellers samsara and urge anyone to reprint as soon as they can. I'll work from this end, you work from yours. In gassho, a Fool.
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