A monk asked Yúnmén, “What is the teaching that transcends the Buddha and patriarchs?” Yúnmén said, “A sesame bun.”

Finding Zen in the Ordinary offers honest and thought-provoking spiritual insights drawn from daily-life experiences. The book includes forty-eight brief stories, prose poems, dialogues between Zen student and teacher, and reflections on moments of spiritual awakening. Written by Zen teacher Christopher Keevil, this book presents readers with the chance to reflect on their own moments of spiritual insight and engenders in the reader an experience of clarity and presence.

“Deeply honest, both passionate and humble”

“Insightful, thought-provoking, and delightful”

“Beautifully written, with a clean, precise, evocative, and powerful style”

“Like lapping waves on the shore of a lake on a crisp spring morning”