Nine-Headed Dragon River
Subtitle: Zen Journals 1969-1982 (Shambhala Dragon Editions)
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: April 28, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781570623677
Subjects: Biography: general; Buddhism; c 1960 to c 1970; c 1970 to c 1980; c 1980 to c 1990; Literary Criticism; Matthiessen, Peter - Prose & Criticism; Zen Buddhists; Religion - World Religions; Dutch; Philosophy; USA; Buddhism - Zen; Zen; Religion / Zen Buddhism; Authors, American; Zen Buddhism; American - General; 20th century; Diaries; Religious life; United States
First sentence: ON an August day of 1968, returning home to Sagaponack, Long Island, after a seven-month absence in Africa, I was astonished by the presence in my driveway of three inscrutable small men who turned out to be Japanese Zen masters.