Like peeling an onion, the cultivation of Zen is the stripping away of the many layers of cultural conditioning that have grown up over the course of our lives. Zen is therefore about taking away, not adding to your knowledge. It might seem counter-intuitive to subtract when we believe adding is the path to follow. The principles that underlie Zen are timeless, unlike the form in which they were originally expressed, all those centuries ago. This book is for 21st Century folk who want to cultivate their Zen practice in a self-guided way by following instructions expressed in modern, easily...