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The Enlightened Mind by Stephen Mitchell

The Enlightened Mind

Stephen Mitchell

HarperCollins · Paperback · May 26, 1993

A magnificent compilation of sacred writings from all traditions and the perfect companion to Stephen Mitchell's poetry collection, The Enlightened Heart, and the bestselling Tao Te Ching A collection of prose--discourses, sermons, essays, and aphorisms--includes texts and authors such as the Hindu, Confucian, and Buddhist sciptures, Heraclitus and Plato, Chuang-tzu, Jesus, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Symeon the New Theologian, the Chinese Zen masters, and others.

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Spirituality, Zen, Religious Essays
Published
HarperCollins, May 26, 1993

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A magnificent compilation of sacred writings from all traditions and the perfect companion to Stephen Mitchell's poetry collection, The Enlightened Heart, and the bestselling Tao Te Ching A collection of prose--discourses, sermons, essays, and aphorisms--includes texts and authors such as the Hindu, Confucian, and Buddhist sciptures, Heraclitus and Plato, Chuang-tzu, Jesus, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Symeon the New Theologian, the Chinese Zen masters, and others.

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Spirituality48%
Religious Essays43%
Zen30%

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  • Zen
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  • Inspirational Religion
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Authors
Stephen Mitchell
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
May 26, 1993
Format
Paperback
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Zen