Becoming Yourself

Through simple yet profound wisdom, Suzuki Roshi encourages a life of mindfulness, compassion, and non-attachment — His Holiness the Dalai Lama

There could not possibly be a better book for our moment in history. In the midst of national and international turmoil, it is still possible, if not utterly necessary, to learn the simplest things — Naomi Shihab Nye

Becoming Yourself is deep and delicious, tender and perplexing, a beautiful follow up to Zen Mind, Beginners Mind. You can feel the sparkle and magical gifts of Suzuki Roshi. He touches your heart, enlightens you and makes you smile — Jack Kornfield, author of A Path With Heart

Suzuki Roshi is a master of sweeping our minds clean of distraction and distortion, a kind, direct and crystalline friend reminding us how to become ourselves. Every page in this book contains enough wisdom to last a lifetime and I found myself copying down one sentence after another. Is it any wonder that Shunryu Suzuki’s books of teachings are the only medicine I send to friends who are suffering in body or mind? — Pico Iyer, author of Aflame and the Art of Stillness

These writings are an extraordinary gift for all of us who aspire to live more fully, to ‘become who we are’ in a more wholehearted and free-spirited way. I felt a burden being lifted from my shoulders just by reading this remarkable book — Oliver Burkeman, author of Four Thousand Weeks

In these uncertain times, as we grapple with who we are and who we are becoming, Becoming Yourself is the book we need for guidance and for ballast — Ruth Ozeki, author of A Tale for the Time Being