Mitra Bishop on The Three Pillars of Zen by Philip Kapleau | FILM SHORTS 

I have read it 3 times, mostly at my dark times, it is the book that helped me through those times, all about zen is found here in this book.

Excellent book and best wishes to all of you. Cheers

I also started practicing ZEN after reading 3 pillars. It was about 1990. It changed my life. I suggest to try the practice for everyone.

Thank you

I've just checked my copy of The Three Pillars of Zen. I wrote the date that I bought it inside the front cover: January 3rd, 1978😁!!

Zen is, somehow, radical at its core. Or, at any rate, it's not afraid of upsetting tradition even as it deeply respects tradition ... provided that the tradition carries integrity. The idea that Zen could take root in the West and grow into its own distinct expression is a radical idea by any measure. And yet the references in this video to Yasutani Roshi and Harada Roshi remind us that the factor of lineage has not been forgotten, even so. It carries a form of integrity. I understand the "Three Pillars" as a kind of handbook or user manual to the practice of zazen and its philosophical and interpersonal expressions. What could be more true to this culture of ours: the radical idea that, with nothing more than the help of a book, we could sit down and make sense of our quest for meaning! A Sangha would be nice. A deep intuitive cultural tradition would be nice. But if we are in a small town in the middle of a cultural desert, we may not have these things. And yet, because Zen is so basic, it is at home in the desert. It does not tell us, and Kapleau certainly did not tell us, "Start your practice by finding a perfect stick." Instead it says, "Start your practice by reaching for the first stick you find. Then throw it away."

Gracias.

I loved this marvelous book. Zen ~> Irony Kensho

your home looks very peacefull