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The Empty Mirror; Experiences in a Japanese Zen Monasteryby Janwillem Van De Wetering
ISBN
0395182824 / 9780395182826 / 0-395-18282-4
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Language English Edition Hardcover › Find signed collectible books: 'The Empty Mirror; Experiences in a Japanese Zen Monastery' |
Book summary
Seen by many as a contemporary classic, Janwillem van de Wetering's small and admirable memoir records the experiences of a young Dutch studentlater a widely celebrated mystery writerwho spent a year and a half as a novice monk in a Japanese Zen Buddhist monastery. As Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, author of Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, has written, The Empty Mirror "should be very encouraging for other Western seekers."
It is the first book in a trilogy that continues with A Glimpse of Nothingness and Afterzen.