24/7 Dharma

All Zen, All the Time Perhaps it's karmic serendipity that two forthcoming Buddhist books have very similar titles as people become ever busier, they lay claim to a ""lived spirituality"" that relies less on hours spent in meditation than on a permanent state of mindfulness. In 24/7 Dharma, American Zen Master Dennis Genpo Merzel seeks to make Buddhism's 2,500-year-old message relevant for a new generation. He structures his book around the Three Dharma Seals, which he defines as impermanence, no-self and nirvana. The book's organization is promising, but the text amounts to little more than brief quotations from Merzel's teachings. ( Mar.)