# Ordinary Enlightenment

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- Book: [Ordinary Enlightenment](https://www.bookquiver.com/taizan-maezumi/ordinary-enlightenment) ([Ordinary Enlightenment.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/taizan-maezumi/ordinary-enlightenment.md))
- Authors: [Taizan Maezumi](https://www.bookquiver.com/taizan-maezumi), [Charles Luk](https://www.bookquiver.com/charles-luk)
- Publisher: shambhala
- ISBN: 978-15-7062-971-6
- Pages: 182
- Published: 2002-10-08
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

This classic scripture of Mahayana Buddhism and Zen emphasizes spiritual practice in the midst of secular life. Composed in about the second century CE, The Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra tells the story...