Zen and the Sutras

I'm writing the short version of my review here. This is THE BEST book on Zen I've read, straight up and to the point. I bought this book in Chinatown, Chicago and read it for a year! Before you think I'm a slow reader, let me tell you, I read 5 books a week. This is not a generic explanation, Mr Low explains Zen so perfectly, with many examples out of the bible and illustrations from western culture. I feel he truly understands the Sutras and practices what he preaches. This is the truth. Zen isn't for everybody. If you're sensitive and need a "keep hope alive" book, go get that elsewhere. When you're ready for Zen, you won't need that kind of "motivational" nonsense, you'll be prepared to deal with life without a coach. For the independent thinker, the intellectual, the spiritual and the curious. You're in capable hands with this one. Bless

Albert Low's new book, Zen and the Sutras, is a penetrating journey into the Buddhist sutras, which brings home the message, that with open mind and bare attention, one can enter these gateless gates. The book bears reading several times, and slowly. For practicing meditators, this book forges a path into the sutras, which is approachable and which engages the deepest longings of practitioners for connection to these ancient writings.