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<\/a><\/div>\nAdam Tebbe at Sweeping Zen<\/a> has just published the first review of the <\/i>Book of Mu for Amazon.<\/i><\/p>\n \u201cA monumental new book,\u201d says Adam. \u201cEdited by James Ishmael Ford<\/strong><\/a> and Melissa Myozen Blacker<\/strong><\/a> has hit bookshelves today (about a month early!)\u2014The Book of Mu: Essential Writings on Zen\u2019s Most Important Koan<\/em><\/a>. Ford and Blacker are both Zen teachers in the American Zen community representing the Boundless Way Zen<\/strong><\/a> school. The work is being presented as part of the Essential Writings of Zen<\/em> series put out by Wisdom Publications, the other two being The Art of Just Sitting<\/em><\/a> and Sitting with Koans<\/em><\/a>. Although this is the third installment in the series, Wisdom recommends this as the place to start. You\u2019ll easily be forgiven if you think that the title is a little bit funny \u2013 referring to the Mu koan as \u201cZen\u2019s most important koan.\u201d It\u2019s a bit paradoxical, really. Obviously, this is in reference to the koan\u2019s importance and widespread usage. Virtually anyone who has ever undertaken koan study with a teacher has encountered this particular koan along their way. <\/p>\n