Ambivalent Zen
One Man's Adventures on the Dharma Path
$26.04
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
25 March 1997
Summary
Seeking help with his basketball game, Shainberg embraced Zen Buddhism in 1951 and was catapulted on a life-long spiritual journey. Alternately comic and reverential, Ambivalent Zen chronicles the rewards and dangers of spiritual ambition and presents a poignant reflection of the experiences faced by many Americans involved in the Zen movement.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679772880 |
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| ISBN-10: | 067977288X |
| Author: | Lawrence Shainberg |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 25 March 1997 |
| Weight: | 354g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 133mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Vintage Departures |
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About The Author
Lawrence Shainberg
Lawrence Shainberg’s books include Ambivalent Zen, Brain Surgeon: An Intimate View of His World, and the novels Memories of Amnesia and One on One. He has had numerous essays published in the New York Times Magazine, Harper’s, Tricycle, The Village Voice, Evergreen, and a Pushcart Prize-winning monograph on Samuel Beckett published in the Paris Review.
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