Encouraging Words: Zen Buddhist Teachings for Western Students

by Robert Aitken

Book Overview

Nominated for the Tricycle Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Buddhism in America--a collection of short talks and essays from a renowned meditation teacher.

"The inspiration that guided monks and nuns in ancient times is our own deepest incentive as we establish our practice in a world that desperately needs new forms of kinship and love."
--Robert Aitken

In this inspiring collection, you will find a series of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679756523
• ISBN13: 9780679756521
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.7"