Ambivalent Zen |
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| Author:
| Shainberg, Lawrence |
| ISBN: | 978-0-679-44116-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1996 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Pantheon |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $24.00 |
Book Description:
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Relentlessly pursuing illumination, struggling to let go of identity, desire, belief and certainty, Shainberg faces down and learns to accept the Backward Law, "Whosoever would save his soul shall lose it." This unique, courageous memoir tells of one man's attempt to infuse his daily life with the elusive wisdom of Zen.
Relentlessly pursuing illumination, struggling to let go of identity, desire, belief and certainty, Shainberg faces down and learns to accept the Backward Law, "Whosoever would save his soul shall lose it." This unique, courageous memoir tells of one man's attempt to infuse his daily life with the elusive wisdom of Zen.