num_pages: 304
description: Merton, one of the rare Western thinkers able to feel at home in the philosophies of the East, made the wisdom of Asia available to Westerners. This collection, which represents the best of his lucid essays on Zen from the 1960s, has gone through 20 printings since 1968. Two-color interior.
language: English
title: Zen and the Birds of Appetite
titlecomplete: Zen and the Birds of Appetite
genres: Christianity, Philosophy, Religion, Theology, Buddhism, Spirituality, Christian, Essays, Nonfiction, Zen
ratings_count: 1221
publisher: Shambhala