Breath Sweeps Mind

By: Jakusho Kwong-roshi

From a Dharma successor to the late Shunryu Suzuki-roshi comes Breath Sweeps Mind, an invitation to experience the living presence of a true Zen master. With more than 40 years of experience practicing traditional Zen, Jakusho Kwong-roshi removes some of the mystery surrounding this enigmatic philosophy. Here is clear instruction in its core principles and how it relates to our everyday world, including methods of zazen meditation, why delusion is inseparable from enlightenment, turning our light inward, and more.

Breath Sweeps Mind presents a refreshing and easily accessible transmission of Zen practice to help us return to our own profundity ¿ which is always with us ¿ and realize the richness of this very moment.

©2005 Kwong Roshi (P)2005 Sounds True

A great book

this is a terrific book. Genuine and full of good teaching. The talks are clear and wise. If you have an interest in Zen or in life...this is a must listen. Enjoy!

Voice

Sometimes form is content, and the medium is the message. This is a master speaking to a small gathering which is recorded for our benefit in a voice that that embodies Zen’s compassion, profundity and humor. An unforgettable voice. When listening, ask yourself how old this man is.

Excellent

This is a very good book about Zen. The author/reader speaks in a calm, easy to comprehend, pleasant manner. If you are looking for a book that unfolds like a lotus but does not tinkle like Jade, welcome home.

Not for everyone and not what I expected

Some may enjoy it, but it wasn't very enriching for me. I'm sure that's my fault. I was expecting more from Suzuki Roshi dharma successor. Expectations will get you every time. I couldn't finish it, but it may work for others.

Zen for real people

Jakusho Kwong-roshi brings humor, compassion and clear explanations to some Zen concepts that had previously evaded me. I listen to certain sections over and over, it's like peeling an onion - the layers fall away to reveal a new more fascinating layer and a deeper understanding.
One of the treasures in my library, now and for many lifetimes to come!

Excellent ebook. Many thanks Jakusho Kwong-roshi

Would you consider the audio edition of Breath Sweeps Mind to be better than the print version?

I will definitely buy the book and add it to my collection.

Which character – as performed by the narrator – was your favorite?

Jakusho Kwong-roshi

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Breath Sweeps Mind

Breath sweeps mind

World
Universal

changing body and mind knowing that there is no small mind thinking out side

presence of awareness. in the oneness this uncovers this which is.
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Common sense Zen for the soul.

Great, plain-spoken American English talk on being yourself with lots of great Zen stories on sutra commentaries.

Complete. Effortless. Wonderful.

....took a walk with it... came home and sat with it on my mind.

Was one of the first times listening to an audiobook where, once I put it down, I felt perfect, at ease, calm, and held a kind of internal peace that I've never really experienced before. And I'm no stranger to inner peace and calm. I'm a life coach, and it's what I do. But with that I'm incredibly picky when it comes to information, especially integrating new information. ...this book, .. is perfect.

I highly recommend this to anyone interested in the subjects of peacefulness and release. I'm grateful that I found this book. Jakusho Kwong-Roshi thoughtfully speaks on the subject with ease and clarity, and with such a way that you identify with him and his words effortlessly.

Pretty cool feeling after listening to an audiobook on a subject that I'm no stranger of.
Nice work. ...very nice work.

Excellent

This is a wonderful examination of Zen and person by a master. Jakusho Kwong-roshi is funny, poingnant, insightful and authentic. His stories bring to life some of the rather esoteric aspects of Zen. His voice is soothing, his message profound.

He quotes a poem from Tozan:

Do not try to see the objective world.
You, which is given, is an object to see is quite different from you yourself.
I'm going my own way and I meet myself,
which includes everything I meet.
I am not something which I can see as an object.
When you understand self, which includes everything, you have your true way.