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Zen Master Yueh Shan & Thinking's Bad Rap: A Practitioner's Guide

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What does it mean to truly “think of not thinking”?

This timeless question, posed in a brief yet profound dialogue between the Chinese Chan master Yüeh Shan and a nameless monk, opens the doorway to one of Zen’s most important and misunderstood teachings: shikantaza, or “just sitting.”

Thinking’s Bad Rap invites readers into the radical non-dual vision of Eihei Dōgen (1200–1253), the brilliant Japanese Zen master and founder of the Soto school. Drawing on Dōgen’s writings, koans, and practi...