The Empty Mirror: Experiences in a Japanese Zen Monastery - Softcover

Van De Wetering, Janwillem

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345339460 ISBN 13: 9780345339461

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1987

Synopsis

A young Dutchman relates his experiences at a Japanese Buddhist monastery where he attempted to find the meaning of life as a disciple of a Zen master

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Review:

"This small and memorable memoir records the experiences of a young Dutch student who spent a year and a half as a novice monk in a Japanese Zen Buddhist monastery . . . What makes this account extraordinary is that the book contains none of the convert's irritating certitude."--"Time Magazine"
"What is accessible is the day-to-day description of life, of the monks themselves and of the others he met, of the jokes they played and the food they ate, of the moments of satori, the explosive moment of an understanding surpassing understanding."--"Los Angeles Times"

This small and memorable memoir records the experiences of a young Dutch student who spent a year and a half as a novice monk in a Japanese Zen Buddhist monastery . . . What makes this account extraordinary is that the book contains none of the convert's irritating certitude. "Time Magazine"

What is accessible is the day-to-day description of life, of the monks themselves and of the others he met, of the jokes they played and the food they ate, of the moments of satori, the explosive moment of an understanding surpassing understanding. "Los Angeles Times""

"This small and memorable memoir records the experiences of a young Dutch student who spent a year and a half as a novice monk in a Japanese Zen Buddhist monastery . . . What makes this account extraordinary is that the book contains none of the convert's irritating certitude." --Time Magazine

"What is accessible is the day-to-day description of life, of the monks themselves and of the others he met, of the jokes they played and the food they ate, of the moments of satori, the explosive moment of an understanding surpassing understanding." --Los Angeles Times

About the Author:

Janwillem van de Wetering has lived with his wife on the Maine Coast for twenty years, but before that he lived literally all over the world --Holland, South Africa, London, Japan, South America. He is the author of a successful mystery series.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0345339460
• ISBN 13: 9780345339461
• Binding: Paperback