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Zen Encounters with Loneliness by Terrance Keenan (2014, Trade Paperback)

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Zen Encounters with Loneliness by Keenan, Terrance [Paperback]

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Product Identifiers

Publisherwisdom Publications

ISBN-101614291861

ISBN-139781614291862

eBay Product ID (ePID)201651574

Product Key Features

Number of Pages328 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameZen Encounters with Loneliness

Publication Year2014

SubjectReligious, Personal Memoirs, General, Buddhism / Zen (See Also Philosophy / Zen), Library & Information Science / General

FeaturesRevised

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaReligion, Language Arts & Disciplines, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorTerrance Keenan

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight15.9 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2014-008797

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsEvery few years, if you're lucky, a book comes along that changes your life. Zen Encounters with Loneliness is one of those books. It gives us permission to be honest with ourselves about our own frailties, and, through this acknowledgement, to find our own salvation., It is one of these rare books that even when it speaks about the most personal and intimate, it still speaks with a voice from nowhere. This is one of the best nonfiction books I have read in a long time., Keenan's Zen Encounters with Loneliness is a remarkable kaleidoscope of moving poetry and prose, touching the emptiness in all of us., This book is worth reading for Keenan's flowing reflections on topics ranging from karma to Kafka. Particularly intriguing are his thoughts on writer's block, meditation, Japanese poetry and fatherhood., A deeply personal yet broadly inviting account of a spiritual journey. What is it to be an American Zen monk living in the so-called ordinary world of family and career responsibilities? Terrance Keenan's reflections and insights are wrung from the depths of his own wrestling with such questions, and with the great matter of life and death. This is a book of a heart torn open and a willingness to live, and to give, from that openness., Following in the great tradition of Basho, Keenan combines prose and poetry to create a journey through the interior, drawing from the anecdotal and the philosophical, from the great teachings of the Zen tradition and others, and from those he encounters along his way. He has made the journey itself his home., Zen Encounters with Loneliness reminds us once again that the small truths are often more powerful than those shouted from the rooftops. This heartfelt book is filled with light, wisdom, and courage.

Dewey Decimal294.3/092 B

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

SynopsisEmbark on a poignant and sometimes comic journey through Zen, poetry, and the transformative, personal practice of writing. In Zen Encounters with Loneliness Terrance Keenan weaves together poetry, memoir, and raw insight to give voice to the lonely "nobody" in everyone. From his memories of early childhood to his struggles with addiction, writer's block, and human relationship, Keenan delivers a heart-rending portrayal of the human hunger for selfhood and connection. Through his beautifully crafted literary reflections, he finds that Zen does not comfort our dream of being somebody, rather, it reveals connection only when we face who we really are--nobody. Zen Encounters intimately calls us to recognize that the well of emptiness is also a well of potential--to grow, learn, and overcome adversity., Embark on a poignant and sometimes comic journey through Zen, poetry, and the transformative, personal practice of writing

LC Classification NumberBQ968.K44A3 2014