Thank You and Okay: Diary of an American Zen Failure in Japan

by Chadwick, David
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David Chadwick, a Texas-raised wanderer, college dropout, bumbling social activist, and hobbyhorse musician, began his Zen study under Shunryu Suzuki Roshi in 1966. In 1988 Chadwick flew to Japan to begin a four-year period of voluntary exile and remedial Zen education. In Thank You and OK he recounts his experiences both inside and beyond the monastery walls and offers insightful portraits of the characters he knew in that world--the bickering monks, the patient abbot, the trotting housewives, the ominous insects, the bewildered bureaucrats, and the frustrating English-language students--as they worked inexorably toward initiating him into the ways of Japan. Whether you're interested in Japan, Buddhism, or exotic travel writing, this book is great fun.
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: Chadwick, David
  • ISBN: 9780140194579
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.43 x 0.93
  • Number Of Pages: 480
  • Publication Year: 1994

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