| Buddha Facing the Wall: Interviews with American Zen Monks Contributor(s): Jenkins, Sara (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0963078437 ISBN-13: 9780963078438 Publisher: Keep It Simple Books OUR PRICE: $12.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1999 Annotation: Buddha Facing the Wall presents firsthand accounts of life in an American Zen monastery. Interviews with fifteen monks offer vivid personal glimpses of how everything about the monastery--from the daily schedule through meetings with the teacher to the silence itself--is designed to support the deep inner work that leads to spiritual transformation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Buddhism - Zen (see Also Philosophy - Zen) |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 98067501 |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 5.5" W x 8.46" (0.63 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Buddhist |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Buddha Facing the Wall presents firsthand accounts of life in an American Zen monastery. Interviews with fifteen monks offer vivid personal glimpses of how everything about the monastery--from the daily schedule through meetings with the teacher to the silence itself--is designed to support the deep inner work that leads to spiritual transformation. |