Opening the Hand of Thought was published in 2004 in English, translated and edited by Jishō Cary Warner and Thomas Wright (who helped with the book's earlier editions in 1973 and 1993), as well as Uchiyama's Dharma heir Shohaku Okumura. The book attempts to describe Zen and zazen. Uchiyama compares Buddhism and Christianity. His summary is:
"one zazen, two practices, three minds"which refers to his own formula: two practices of "vow" and "repentance", and three minds: "magnanimous mind, nuturing mind and joyful mind". He says his book covers butsudō, the effort of an individual to actualize their universal self.
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