Awakening to Zen
Subtitle: the teachings of Roshi Philip Kapleau
By: edited by Polly Young-Eisendrath and Rafe Martin.
Contributors: Young-Eisendrath, Polly, 1947-; Martin, Rafe, 1946-
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
Subjects: Religious life -- Zen Buddhism.; Zen Buddhism -- Doctrines.
Description: The first Westerner fully and naturally at home with Zen, Roshi Kapleau has made it his life's work to translate Zen Buddhism into an American idiom, to take Zen's essence and plant it in American soil. Four decades later, the seeds of Zen that Roshi Kapleau planted have blossomed. Zen flourishes and Roshi Kapleau continues to help people find enlightenment and fulfillment within, not outside, their daily lives.

Awakening to Zen extracts the vital threads of Roshi Kapleau's teachings and braids them into a strong yet supple cord that readers may follow toward a deeper understanding of the enlightened life. Roshi Kapleau's warm, sometimes humorous but always grounded lessons touch on every aspect of daily reality; they capture his power, too, to transform the lives of not just practicing Buddhists, but all people who seek to experience in a more authentic way the bond they share with the world around them.