Endless Vow: The Zen Path of Soen Nakagawa - Softcover

Nakagawa, Soen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1570621624 ISBN 13: 9781570621628

Publisher: Shambhala, 1996

Synopsis

Endless Vow is the first English-language collection of the literary works of Soen Nakagawa Roshi. An intimate, in-depth portrait of the master of Eido Tai Shimano, his Dharma heir, introduces the poems, letters, journal entries, and other writings of Soen Roshi, which are illustrated with his calligraphies. In a postscript, some of his best-known American students—including Peter Matthiessen and Ruth McCandless—reminisce about this legendary figure of American Buddhist history.

About this title

About the Author:

Soen Nakagawa Roshi (1907-1984) was an extraordinary Zen master and a key figure in the transmission of Zen Buddhism from Japan to the Western world. A man of many faces, he was a simple Japanese monk, a world traveler, a spiritually realized being of the highest order, a poetic genius, a creator of dynamic calligraphy—and a notorious eccentric teacher who, for example, was known to conduct "tea ceremonies" using instant coffee and Styrofoam cups.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Japanese

About this edition

• Publisher: Shambhala
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1570621624
• ISBN 13: 9781570621628
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192