Eat sleep sit
Subtitle: my year at Japan's most rigorous zen temple
By: Kaoru Nonomura ; translated by Juliet Carpenter.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Kodansha International
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Tokyo; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9784770030757
Subjects: Nonomura, Kaoru, -- 1959-; Eiheiji; Monastic and religious life (Zen Buddhism) -- Japan -- Eiheiji-chō; Spiritual life -- Sōtōshū; Spiritual biography -- Japan
Work titles: Kū neru suwaru.
Table of contents: title: Pilgrim; title: Jizo cloister; title: Dragon gate; title: Main gate; title: Temporary quarters; title: Toilet; title: Facing the wall; title: Buddha bowl; title: Evening service; title: Evening meal; title: Night sitting; title: Etiquette is zen; title: Morning service; title: Morning meal; title: Cleaning the corridors; title: Dignified dress; title: Washing the face; title: Verses; title: Noon; title: Stick; title: Alone in the freezing dark; title: Entering the hall; title: Monks? hall; title: New residence; title: Wake-up bell; title: Bell tower; title: Self-reflection; title: Food server; title: Monks? food; title: Shaving the head; title: Daikan; title: Hunger; title: The principle of the flow of time; title: Escape; title: Registration ceremony; title: First bath; title: Beginning intensive training; title: Manual labor; title: Penance; title: Main lecture; title: Transfer; title: The source of the warmth of light; title: New job; title: Sales; title: Distribution of goods; title: Guest pavilion; title: Inspection; title: Washrags; title: Ending intensive training; title: The color of the peak, the echo in the valley; title: Attendant to the administrator; title: Conference room; title: In attendance; title: Morning session; title: Incense bearer; title: Preparations for winter; title: Intensive sitting; title: Year-end cleaning; title: New year?s day; title: New arrivals; title: Just sit; title: Departure survey; title: Leaving.