A review by cdoors
The Circle of the Way: A Concise History of Zen from the Buddha to the Modern World by Barbara O'Brien

hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

The subtitle of the book is “a concise history of Zen,” and that’s a great summation of this book. Barbara O’Brien is a wonderful author and storyteller. She makes the deep and long history of Zen and Buddhism approachable. If you’re a student of Zen or just interested in its history, read this book. This is one book I’ll be thinking about for years and will undoubtably return to in the future.