Original Dwelling Place - Zen Buddhist Essays

In this collection of twenty-three essays, Robert Aitken retraces the origins of American Zen Buddhism and provides readings of influential texts. Reflecting on death, on marriage, and on Zen practice, Aitken always points out the path to pleasure in the everyday "dewdrop" world.

Info autore

Robert Aitken is the author of more than a dozen books about Buddhism, including A Zen Wave, Encouraging Words, and Taking the Path of Zen. A dedicated Buddhist for most of his life, he is a former abbot and roshi of the Honolulu Diamond Sangha in Hawaii, which he co-founded with his late wife Anne Hopkins Aitken in 1959. He now lives in retirement at the Palolo Zen Center in Honolulu.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robert Aitken, Aitken Robert
• Editore: Ingram Publishers Services
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.06.1997
• EAN: 9781887178419
• ISBN: 978-1-887178-41-9
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Saggi, articoli culturali, critica letteraria, interviste; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; USA, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, RELIGION / Buddhism / Zen, RELIGION / Essays, United States of America, USA, Zen Buddhism, Literary essays