Zen Beyond All Words contains a selection of talks given by Master
Wolfgang Kopp at the Tao Ch'an Center in Wiesbaden, Germany, during the summer of 1992. In the spirit of the ancient Chinese Ch'an masters, Wolfgang Kopp teaches a direct and powerful Zen. He conveys neither a theoretical system nor a one-sided dogmatism of sitting, and he neither wears customary robes nor holds a traditional title.
These selected talks from Zen Master Kopp of the Tao Ch'an Center in Wiesbaden, Germany, focus on the practices of Zen Buddhism and their power to take the Zen student beyond words to the wordlessness of enlightenment. Kopp examines the central Zen conundrums of becoming self by losing self and gaining mindfulness by practicing mindlessness. Kopp's reflections are often elegant riddles on Zen practice, but only libraries wanting to build an exhaustive Zen collection will need to purchase this book.
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