The Zen Manifesto: Freedom From Oneself - A Guide to Inner Peace & Self-Discovery | Perfect for Meditation, Mindfulness & Personal Growth

"The West is absolutely ready for a Zen manifesto. Intellectually, D.T. Suzuki, Alan Watts, and many others have prepared the road. Now only a Bodhidharma is needed, a Gautam Buddha is needed, or a Mahakashyapa - someone whose Zen is not just a philosophy but an actual experience of no-self, an actual experience of entering into nothingness.""For six hundred years in China, Buddhism was only an intellectual exercise, good gymnastics. But as Bodhidharma entered China, he changed the whole idea about Zen. People were talking about Zen as if it was another philosophy, which it is not; as if it is another religion, which it is not. It is a rebellion against mind, and all your religions and philosophies are part of the mind."The newest link in the chain of Zen Masters is Osho. "He has to suffer everything that this caliber of enlightened person has suffered before. Drinking poison and sharing nectar - this is the invariable fate of every great revolutionary seer. Human society can not put up with one who wants to move ahead of his time. " Gopaldas Neeraj tells usThe only thing I don't like about this book is the introduction. It is of a very very low low level... don't even worth reading, the book itself is just enough.