First American edition stated and the printing numerals are a full line beginning with 1. No wear to the binding. No distortion from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight with rare occasion light pencil checks at margins. No name of previous owner. No odor. No water damage. No soiling. The dust jacket priced at $6.95 (not clipped) shows light edge wear, no sun fading. DJ in an archival protevtor.

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Title

A Glimpse of Nothingness: Experiences in an American Zen Community

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin, Bostron

Publication Date

1975

Language

English

ISBN 10

0395204429

ISBN 13

9780395204429

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Printing

1st Printing

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

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Synopsis

The author records a two-week intensive retreat with the American assistant of his former Japanese Zen master, his reactions to the company of American disciples, and his achievement of mystical experience after more than ten years of meditation

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"A Glimpse of Nothingness is so honest--so 'Zen'--that it contains...just life....it's just truth." --San Francisco Review

"This is a book that deserves serious attention...eminently readable, easy to relate to on several different levels, and a fascinating and encouraging tale of human communal endeavor." --The New York Times Book Review

"I was pleasantly surprised to find the book enjoyable...the main virtue of this book is van de Wetering's skill for re-creating places, feelings, scenes, and encounters. The book is relaxed, alternately serious and humorous, and insightful. A Glimpse of Nothingness describes the Zen path of one Westerner who began by seeking for the sense of it all, and who came to realize at least a part of it." --The Shambhala Review

"The most down-to-earth account of the Zen discipline ever written for Westerners...van de Wetering clears away the thicket of intellectualization and mannered inscrutability and gets down to the ordinariness of Zen. Even those who normally reject spiritual trips...will find this dogged, bourgeois seeker hard to ignore." --Kirkus Reviews

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