{"product_id":"9781462871940","title":"ZEN: If You Have To Ask, You Will Never Know","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile searching through any bookstore, in any city, in any country throughout the\u003cbr\u003eworld, there is sure to be a shelf or two devoted to the art of Zen. The very idea\u003cbr\u003ethat Zen could be broken into words on a page, explaining the exact method on\u003cbr\u003ehow to obtain true enlightenment is almost absurd, and quite contradictory to the\u003cbr\u003every nature of the practice itself. To be without being, to know without knowing,\u003cbr\u003eto understand without understanding are unusual concepts to put into thought,\u003cbr\u003emuch less into idea and then onto paper. So this is what I offer to you…Once\u003cbr\u003eyou pick this book up, and then put it down, regardless of the time in-between, I\u003cbr\u003ehope that the contents awaken a thought inside of you…That one thought that you\u003cbr\u003emay have known was always there, dormant , but burning… that you understand\u003cbr\u003ewhy the ultimate treasure of the quest is not written in a book, or heard in a\u003cbr\u003electure, or taught by a teacher, but rather inside you, and beyond you, within you,\u003cbr\u003eand everywhere and anywhere in between. Stop searching. Stop asking. Stop\u003cbr\u003equestioning. Be where you are and know that now is the end, and the beginning,\u003cbr\u003eand be satisfied.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174464110832,"sku":"9781462871940","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462871940_p0.jpg?v=1763679289","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462871940","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}