Dennis Genpo Merzel
is Zen teacher of the Danzeon Zen Sangha and a Dharma sucessor of Hakuyu
Taizan Maezumi, lineage holder in both the Rinzai and Soto schools of
Japanese Zen Buddhism.
From
the Back Cover
The radical
challenge of Zen Buddhism is to drop all assumptions and prejudices
and experience the truth directly. American Zen teacher Dennis Genpo
Merzel brings new life to this ancient wisdom through his commentaries
on a classic Chinese Zen scripture, "Verses on Faith-Mind,"
by the Third Patriarch of Zen, Sosan Zenji.
The author strikes to the heart of Zen with clarity and force, expressing
in modern terms, to an American audience, the essential wisdom and compassion
of Sosan Zenji's famous poem.
Full of colorful Zen lore and personal anecdotes from Dennis Genpo Merzel's
life, these talks impart the Buddha's teaching directly and intimately,
illuminating in simple words the timeless questions and problems of
day-to-day life.
"These unpretentious, exhilarating commentaries on Sosan
Zenji's 'Verses on the Faith Mind,' a classic teaching of Zen's Golden
Age in China, are a clear and refreshing illustration of how Zen teachings
can illuminate our daily lives."
-- Peter
Matthiessen