Zen Mind Beginners Mind by Shunryu Suzuki | UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK

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“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.”
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind is a profound and influential book by Shunryu Suzuki that delves into the essence of Zen Buddhism. This timeless classic invites readers to approach life with a fresh, open perspective, akin to that of a beginner. Suzuki emphasizes the importance of mindfulness, meditation, and simplicity as pathways to enlightenment. Through concise anecdotes and teachings, he illuminates the subtle art of finding profound meaning in the ordinary. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind is a guide to cultivating a mind unburdened by preconceptions, fostering a state of pure awareness and tranquility.
[Note: Preface, by Huston Smith, (on pg ix of ZMBM) is not included in this audio recording]
[Note: Introduction by Richard Baker (on pg xiii of ZMBM) is not included in this audio recording]
0:00 Introduction
0:13 Prologue : Beginner’s Mind
4:32 [Part One : Right Practice]
4:55 Posture
14:49 Breathing
22:26 Control
29:18 Mind Waves
34:33 Mind Weeds
38:39 The Marrow of Zen
45:43 No Dualism
53:08 Bowing
1:01:30 Nothing Special
1:07:51 [Part Two : Right Attitude]
1:08:04 Single-Minded Way
1:14:04 Repetition
1:18:42 Zen and Excitement
1:22:57 Right Effort
1:30:00 No Trace
1:38:04 God Giving
1:46:39 Mistakes in Practice
1:54:41 Limiting You Activity
1:58:47 Study Yourself
2:07:10 To Polish a Tile
2:17:07 Constancy
2:24:04 Communication
2:32:30 Negative and Positive
2:45:46 [Part Three : Right Understanding]
2:46:08 Traditional Zen Spirit
2:59:20 The Quality of Being
3:07:45 Naturalness
3:15:15 Emptiness
3:23:09 Readiness, Mindfulness
3:29:37 Believing in Nothing
3:36:02 Attachment, Nonattachment
3:42:44 Calmness
3:47:20 Experience, Not Philosophy
3:52:00 Original Buddhism
3:58:10 Beyond Consciousness
4:07:07 Buddha’s Enlightenment
[Note: The Epilogue: Zen Mind (on pg 173 ZMBM) is not included in this audio recording]
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[@NichaelCramer]

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[@NoamCat]

I was just about to start writing down the timestamps so I can post something like this. Thanks, friend

[@NichaelCramer]

@@NoamCat : Glad if it’s of some help.

[@tranquilAF]

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[@christophernaple2442]

I read this almost 30 yrs ago and I have found it to be a helpful method of living.

[@Big_Spoop]

Well .... aren't you spoiling us lately? A 4 hour audiobook?! Coming from someone who used to narrate/voice act creepy stories on KZbin, I know exactly how exhausting it is to sit down and knock out a long recording session. So, from the very depths of my heart, I thank you a million times over for the amazing videos you've been putting out. While I'm more fond of the bedtime stories/adventures that lull us off to sleep, these are incredibly helpful when you just need some time to relax, and listen to a great audiobook that's read by an amazing human. Thank you so much. If you have a donation page, please tag me the link, I'll happily send some $$ your way for your time.

[@user-lc5mw6vp1o]

Been reading this book and Siddartha (by Herman Hesse) for 50 years.

[@JesseCuster]

Thank you for this. I've been listening to this slowly over time. Normally I prefer reading but there's something about hearing someone speak these words that lets me absorb it. I appreciate it.

[@gloshines9148]

I've read this book and heard other versions. I ENJOYED THIS ONE

[@sanjaya718]

Thank you!! This is greatly appreciated! Very well done! I was aways shocked that the widely available reading is an abridged version...that's like abridging the Heart Sutra.

[@Yahyia-cv3sx]

Thank you 🙏 .

[@t.johnson248]

Thank you so much for taking the time to put this book out here. It's not easy to find this full audio version of the book, and the voiceover here is also clear and much soothing to the ears. Thank you for your efforts. 😊

[@tranquilAF]

You're very welcome!

[@strooom546]

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[@papa20117]

Simply the best❤ The narrator voice is from heaven ❤️ Thank you 🙏

[@raindeerprojekt4119]

Its a Robot... So you figure Robots are heaven Sent? Humans are lost

[@MarcinSamek]

awesome...

[@NichaelCramer]

One tiny quibble: For those who might be interested, this is not actually a completely “unabridged” version of ZMBM. Specifically, although it contains most of the chapters in the book ZMBM (containing the transcriptions of the talks by Shunryu Suzuki), however it omits: - Preface (by Huston Smith) - Introduction (by Richard Baker) - Epilogue / Zen Mind (which appears on pg 171 of ZMBM) (That said, this is certainly a great improvement over the version of ZMBM published by Audible, which -in addition to omitting the Preface and the Introduction- also omits 12 chapters from the body of the book itself.)

[@youtubeisevil]

Came here because the most popular audiobook has many chapters missing!

[@maxwellstock8235]

It does? Which chapters?

[@sanjaya718]

The following twelve chapters are missing from the body of the most popular audiobook available commercially: - Mind Waves - No Dualism - Constancy - Communications - Negative and Positive - The Quality of Being - Naturalness - Readiness, Mindfulness - Attachment, Nonattachment - Calmness - Experience, Not Philosophy - Beyond Consciousness (Also, each chapter begins with a small epigraph, I.e. a quote from the body of the chapter. These are not included.) This was copied from a review of the other audiobook. Very abridged! @@maxwellstock8235

[@NichaelCramer]

@@maxwellstock8235 : Specifically the following sections are missing from the audiobook issued by Audible: - Preface (by Huston Smith) - Introduction (by Richard Baker) The following twelve chapters are missing from the body of the book: - Mind Waves - No Dualism - Constancy - Communications - Negative and Positive - The Quality of Being - Naturalness - Readiness, Mindfulness - Attachment, Nonattachment - Calmness - Experience, Not Philosophy - Beyond Consciousness (Also, each chapter begins with a small epigraph, I.e. a quote from the body of the chapter. These are not included.)

[@NichaelCramer]

Specifically the following sections are missing in the version published by Audible (which is the version read by Peter Coyote): - Preface (by Huston Smith) - Introduction (by Richard Baker) The following twelve chapters are missing from the body of the book: - Mind Waves - No Dualism - Constancy - Communications - Negative and Positive - The Quality of Being - Naturalness - Readiness, Mindfulness - Attachment, Nonattachment - Calmness - Experience, Not Philosophy - Beyond Consciousness (Also, each chapter begins with a small epigraph, I.e. a quote from the body of the chapter. These are not included.)

[@sergiosimbula]

Wow I never knew this! 🙏 I have the book too though and I've never noticed anything missing... Love and prefer the voice of Peter Coyote too.

[@sanjaya718]

Thanks!

[@tranquilAF]

Thank you!

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[@sunnykobe3210]

Prologue 00:13 Part One 4:34

[@leisureaccount7267]

Great Audiobook! Bookmarks for myself and the algorithm 18:12

[@leisureaccount7267]

32:20

[@rainmanjr2007]

"Harmony and me, we're pretty good company."

[@phukfone8428]

22:22

[@BlackBunn1e]

Thank you for rescuing us from Peter Coyote's tape recorder

[@PhoenixFireZero]

I couldn't bring myself to listen to that one. Too tinny, and the abridgement was entirely unnecessary.

[@NichaelCramer]

@@PhoenixFireZero : On the other hand, I must say I quite like the “tone” of Peter Coyote’s reading. For me, it seems to fit the nature of the book extremely well. (Although I agree that the quality of the recording could have better.) Of course, the reader of this version is very good, too. However, the more serious problem with the Audible version of the book (for which Peter Coyote reads) is that it omits twelve chapters from the book, as well as the Introduction and the Prologue.

[@sergiosimbula]

So weird I've read the book many times and have listened to the audiobook tons of times and never noticed chapters missing. I fully agree that the version of Peter Coyote is beautiful. His voice indeed perfectly matches with the text.

[@raindeerprojekt4119]

Instead they provide us with a Robot voice... And people are pleased. The reader Literally has no Soul or Spirit

[@stevepayne5965]

​@raindeerprojekt4119 It's an unfortunate choice - a robot voice reading the entire work, or a real human being executing a poor recording of a severely (and quite unnecessarily) abridged version. No doubt one day we'll have a real human reading the entire thing (hopefully Peter Coyote - he has a great voice), but for now, we are where we are. What can you do?

[@JesseCuster]

14:54

[@magoswaldius1075]

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[@NichaelCramer]

ERRATA: [[I’m currently re-reading ZMBM while listening to the recording, and I’ve notice a few errors in the reading which I am noting here. (This is an on-going project.)]] - 1:19:00 : “...when I was thirty” Pg56 : “...when I was thirty-one”

[@sebastinhere2041]

4kinds of horses Excellent, good, poor,bad The best horse runs slow and fast right and left at the drivers' s will before it sees the shadow of the whip. The second best will run as well as the first one does just before the whip reaches its skin. The third one will run when it feels pain on its body. The fourth will run after the pain penetrates to the marrow of its bone.

[@Hamza_12348]

🤍🤍🙏🏻

[@josiahmartuscello8843]

dang chapter 40 is really long

[@andrewn3146]

I used to like Zen and read this book. But I thought there was something essentially wrong and strangely naive with such ideias. Later I began to learn Teravada buddhism and what the Buddha really said in the sutras. Then I understood how Zen was prepackeged to fit into the western way of thinking to match mainstrean psychology and counterculture philosophy, to serve as a kind of easy shortcut to be sold. In short, Eastern worldviews are highly traditional, complex and incompatible with the western way of thinking. And Zen as it's normally presented, including here, is not honest and is twisted. I don't doubt the good intentions of many people or maybe most people here. Please study more of the subject to have a better idea what you're dealing with. Thanks.

[@tranquilAF]

Nah

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[@sashou008]

do you mean zen was first packaged for westerners ?

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Maybe…

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Nerd! 😂

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Nerd? 😅

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AI 👽

[@user-ge2oh8nj5h]

It was indeed tranquil as fuck

[@tranquilAF]

Nailed it

[@jenibee9834]

I’ve never heard of the Suzanne saying I should I should I should more times than this guy does. Sorry, but I just cannot listen to it anymore.

[@warpathh]

Thumbs down for your poor voice acting skills.

[@tranquilAF]

You might give me a thumbs down but I still give you a thumbs up!

[@user-xk1bv8yz7o]

Zen is boring 🪴

[@user-ge2oh8nj5h]

Until it isn't

[@raindeerprojekt4119]

Zen... As brought to you by a robot... lol. Humans do not get it. Why have a bot reading this? Why not a Human? THIS IS JARRING

[@tranquilAF]

I'm a real person, you can check out the rest of the channel or the website in the description. You call me a robot yet you spell project with a k. Sounds like the way a robot would spell it. Maybe you're just trying to divert attention away from yourself, robot!

[@raindeerprojekt4119]

@@tranquilAF I also Misspelled Reindeer. lol Me Bot Smarting than you Bot. lol Cheers Human. I will try to Listen again.

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