Buddha in Blue Jeans (Tai Sheridan)
Zen Buddhadrivel
[My 1-star Amazon (NDA) review of “Buddha in Blue Jeans: An extremely Short Zen Guide to Sitting Quietly and Being Buddha” by Tai Sheridan.]
I’m just glad that I got this “book” for free. If I’d paid $4.00 plus shipping for this truncated Buddhadrivel – ten pages of warmed-over, dumbed-down, New Age Zen, which I read in about 5 minutes – I’d have returned it the second I was done with it.
Judging from the content (or lack thereof) in this mini-book, it wouldn’t surprise me a bit if it was “twittered” rather than written.
The author bills himself as a Zen priest, but he has no real understanding of Zen, which he reduces to simplistic, misleading “now-age” directives.
Here’s an example of the level of Dharma you will find in this pseudo-book:
“Be real. Be yourself. You won the lottery, you were born.You won the lottery, you are you. You are Buddha in Blue Jeans. Enjoy being yourself! You will learn this sitting quietly.”
The author deserves credit for coming up with a cool book title, and criticism for creating a crummy “book.”
[My 1-star Amazon (NDA) review of “Buddha in Blue Jeans: An extremely Short Zen Guide to Sitting Quietly and Being Buddha” by Tai Sheridan.]
I’m just glad that I got this “book” for free. If I’d paid $4.00 plus shipping for this truncated Buddhadrivel – ten pages of warmed-over, dumbed-down, New Age Zen, which I read in about 5 minutes – I’d have returned it the second I was done with it.
Judging from the content (or lack thereof) in this mini-book, it wouldn’t surprise me a bit if it was “twittered” rather than written.
The author bills himself as a Zen priest, but he has no real understanding of Zen, which he reduces to simplistic, misleading “now-age” directives.
Here’s an example of the level of Dharma you will find in this pseudo-book:
“Be real. Be yourself. You won the lottery, you were born.You won the lottery, you are you. You are Buddha in Blue Jeans. Enjoy being yourself! You will learn this sitting quietly.”
The author deserves credit for coming up with a cool book title, and criticism for creating a crummy “book.”
