The Eye Never Sleeps

Dennis Genpo Merzel is Zen teacher of the Danzeon Zen Sangha and a Dharma sucessor of Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi, lineage holder in both the Rinzai and Soto schools of Japanese Zen Buddhism.

From the Back Cover

The radical challenge of Zen Buddhism is to drop all assumptions and prejudices and experience the truth directly. American Zen teacher Dennis Genpo Merzel brings new life to this ancient wisdom through his commentaries on a classic Chinese Zen scripture, "Verses on Faith-Mind," by the Third Patriarch of Zen, Sosan Zenji.

The author strikes to the heart of Zen with clarity and force, expressing in modern terms, to an American audience, the essential wisdom and compassion of Sosan Zenji's famous poem.

Full of colorful Zen lore and personal anecdotes from Dennis Genpo Merzel's life, these talks impart the Buddha's teaching directly and intimately, illuminating in simple words the timeless questions and problems of day-to-day life.

"These unpretentious, exhilarating commentaries on Sosan Zenji's 'Verses on the Faith Mind,' a classic teaching of Zen's Golden Age in China, are a clear and refreshing illustration of how Zen teachings can illuminate our daily lives."

-- Peter Matthiessen