The Empty Mirror: Experiences in a Japanese Zen Monastery

Janwillem Van De Wetering

ISBN 10: 0312207743 / ISBN 13: 9780312207748

Published by St. Martin's Griffin, 1999

About this Item

Secure binding with clean pages. Sticker gum residue at the rear bottom corner and light edge wear. Softcover book with 146 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Empty Mirror: Experiences in a Japanese Zen Monastery
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312207743
• ISBN 13: 9780312207748
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Book Type: Book

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Janwillem van de Wetering (1931-2008) 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, as well as a trilogy detailing his experiences in a Buddhist Monastery: The Empty Mirror, A Glimpse of Nothingness, and Afterzen.