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The Empty Mirror: Experiences in a Japanese Zen Monastery
by Janwillem VanDeWetering (Author) Format: Kindle Edition★★★★★
★★★★★
4.5|225 ratings
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Customers find the book engaging and easy to read, with one noting it provides a great introduction to Zen philosophy. Moreover, they appreciate the author's honest approach and wit, with one review highlighting its fantastic writing style. Additionally, the book receives positive feedback for its colorful presentation, with one customer describing it as vivid.
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Seen by many as a contemporary classic, Janwillem van de Wetering's small and admirable memoir records the experiences of a young Dutch student—later a widely celebrated mystery writer—who 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. Read more
Product Information
ASIN | B00K9O53RC |
Publisher | St. Martin's Griffin |
Accessibility | Learn more |
Publication date | July 1, 2014 |
Edition | First |
Language | English |
File size | 2.4 MB |
Screen Reader | Supported |
Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
X-Ray | Enabled |
Word Wise | Enabled |
Print length | 158 pages |
ISBN-13 | 978-1466874664 |
Page Flip | Enabled |
Book 1 of 3 | Zen Trilogy |
Best Sellers Rank | #243,354 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #8 in Biographies of Buddhism #54 in Monasticism & Asceticism #93 in Zen Buddhism (Kindle Store) |
Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 225 ratings |