Eat Sleep Sit : My Year at Japan's Most Rigorous Zen Temple (Hardcover)

from Suzanne81

Eat Sleep Sit tells the story of the author's year at Eihejii, Japan's strictest and most revered Zen monastery. Translated from the original Japanese, the descriptions of daily life in the monastery are often too detailed and dry. I skimmed quickly over some sections and was tempted to skip othe...

from banjo123

[Eat, Sleep, Sit: My Year at Japan's most rigorous zen temple] describes the writer's time as trainee monk at Eiheiji, the main temple of Sōtō Zen Buddhism. As an American, I think of Zen as calm and gentle. I knew from past reading that our Western version of Buddism is very different than Easte...

from CKmtl

As the English subtitle suggests, Eat Sleep Sit chronicles the author's year as a trainee monk at Eihei-ji, the main temple of Sōtō Zen Buddhism. The book is bound to shatter any naive preconceptions one might have about Zen monasteries. This is not a peaceful and serene process for the initiates...

from CKmtl

As the English subtitle suggests, Eat Sleep Sit chronicles the author's year as a trainee monk at Eihei-ji, the main temple of Sōtō Zen Buddhism. The book is bound to shatter any naive preconceptions one might have about Zen monasteries. This is not a peaceful and serene process for the initiates...