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Description edit
Eastern tradition collides with Western individualism in this provocative and compulsively readable investigation of Buddhism, American-style. A genuine spiritual movement becomes strangely entangled with elitist aesthetics, the culture of celebrity, multi-million-dollar investment portfolios,... read more
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Setting & Locations edit
- Japan
- San Francisco Zen Center
- America
- Green Gulch
- Sokoji
- Page Street
- City Center
- New York
- Berkeley
- Virginia
- Harvard
- Eiheiji
- California
- Alaya
- Greens
- Bay Area
- Zen Buddhism
- Trungpa
- Bush Street
- Los Angeles
- England
- Wind Bell
- Colorado
- Kobun Chino
- India
- Asia
- Guest House
- Golden Gate Park
- Santa Fe
- Kyoto
- East Coast
- New Mexico
- Europe
- States
- Netherlands
- Lindisfarne
- Santa Cruz
- West Coast
- China
- Mill Valley
First Sentence edit
AT SOME POINT DURING THE LATE SPRING OF 1983, Richard Baker realized he was in a pickle.
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Counterpoint
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 1582431132
Page Count: 384
Publisher: Counterpoint
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 1582431132
Page Count: 384
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 973
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › State & Local › California
- Books › History › Americas › United States › State & Local › West
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 20th Century
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Buddhism › Zen
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