Original Dwelling Place
Zen Buddhist Essays
$24.57
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
1 June 1997
Summary
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. There is a fine art to presenting complex ideas with simplicity and insight in a manner that both shepherds and inspires. Robert Aitken’s Original Dwelling Place- Zen Buddhist Essays succeeds in doing just this, offerin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781887178419 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1887178414 |
| Author: | Robert Aitken |
| Publisher: | Counterpoint |
| Imprint: | Counterpoint |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 1997 |
| Weight: | 286g |
| Dimensions: | 204mm x 127mm |
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About The Author
Robert Aitken
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.
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