Description
Blending memoir, spiritual inquiry, and cultural history, this volume traces one writer’s search for awakening through the journals he kept from 1969 to 1982. It follows the development of Zen from its Indian roots through China and Japan to its emerging American presence, while recounting his encounters with teachers, monasteries, and the demanding disciplines of practice. Alongside moments of beauty and insight, the narrative honestly confronts doubt, physical hardship, ego, and the persistent limitations of the seeker. Written in spare, luminous prose reminiscent of his celebrated travel writing, it offers an intimate portrait of Zen—and of the restless, searching mind drawn toward it.
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paperback
Shambhala
Published Jan 1, 1986
288 pages
ISBN: 0877733252
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First Published
1986
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Nine-headed Dragon River by Peter Matthiessen.