num_pages: 336
description: Seeking help with his basketball game, Shainberg embraced Zen Buddhism in 1951 and was catapulted on a life-long spiritual journey. Alternately comic and reverential, Ambivalent Zen chronicles the rewards and dangers of spiritual ambition and presents a poignant reflection of the experiences faced by many Americans involved in the Zen movement.
language: English
title: Ambivalent Zen : One Man's Adventures on the Dharma Path
titlecomplete: Ambivalent Zen : One Man's Adventures on the Dharma Path
genres: Religion, Buddhism, Philosophy, Zen, Spirituality, Memoir, Nonfiction, Autobiography
ratings_count: 142
publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group