The Morning Star: New and Selected Zen Writings

by Robert Aitken

Book Overview

Having practiced zazen for more than half a century, Robert Aitken sits today as the senior American Roshi, a teacher of broad reputation and consequence, who numbers as his own teachers and associates some of the legendary figures of Japanese and American Buddhism. His serendipitous beginning as a Buddhist resulted from being a civilian prisoner of the Japanese in the Second World War, where he found R. R. Blythe, the great haiku master, and D.T...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593760019
• ISBN13: 9781593760014
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 9.0"