Autumn Light - My Fifty Years in Zen

Autumn Light: My Fifty Years in Zen is an artfully told memoir of one woman's lived experience of Zen Buddhism as it took root in America. The author weaves Zen teachings and practices into her personal story, recounting how they guided her through life's challenges into a peaceful old age.

List of contents

Author's Notes

Names

Bibliographic Citations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Journey Begins

Chapter 2. A Family Tragedy

Chapter 3. A New Life

Chapter 4. Abundant Inspiration

Chapter 5. Maturing Practice

Chapter 6. Autumn Light

Chapter 7. Tassajara

Chapter 8. Learning the Ropes

Chapter 9. Full Immersion

Chapter 10. Community as Mirror

Chapter 11. The Mirror Cracks

Chapter 12. Sangha Encounters

Chapter 13. Rope's End

Chapter 14. Save the Body

Chapter 15. Study the Self

Chapter 16. Fifty Years in Zen



Glossary of Terms

Bibliography

About the Author

About the author

Edwina Norton has practiced Soto Zen Buddhism in California, Japan, and Washington state for fifty years. As an ordained Zen priest, she supports new and continuing lay practice students at Red Cedar Zen Community in Bellingham, Washington.

Summary

Autumn Light: My Fifty Years in Zen is an artfully told memoir of one woman’s lived experience of Zen Buddhism as it took root in America. The author weaves Zen teachings and practices into her personal story, recounting how they guided her through life’s challenges into a peaceful old age.

Product details

• Authors: Edwina Norton
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9780761872078
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-7207-8
• No. of pages: 162
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; RELIGION / Spirituality, RELIGION / Buddhism / Zen, Memoirs, Spirituality & religious experience, Zen Buddhism, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs