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Title: Excellent
Review: This was one of my first "real" Zen books. Much of what I had read up to this point was western philosophical discussion on Zen. This was one of my first exposures to subjective Zen.Taisen is really cool. Funny & smart.He's agnostic, for example when asked about the existence of a metaphysical realm he says that although he's had metaphysical experiences, nothing can be confirmed or denied so it's best to remain silent.He's got an excellent grounding in science but is a student of Dogen so his agnosticism is shot through with mysticism. He's into opening up, becoming receptive and often comes back to a attitude of; "Try to look at the tree instead of talking about it. An when you look at it try to not see your notions of the tree. Go beyond that."He always comes back to the actual practice of Zazen over thinking about Zen. Without the experience of Zazen notions of Zen are empty.
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