Seen by many as a contemporary classic, Janwillem van de Wetering's small and admirable memoir records the experiences of a young Dutch student--later a widely celebrated mystery writer--who spent a year and a half as a novice monk in a Japanese Zen Buddhist monastery. As Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, author of Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism , has written, The Empty Mirror "should be very encouraging for other Western seekers." It is the first book in a trilogy that continues with A Glimpse of Nothingness and ...
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Seen by many as a contemporary classic, Janwillem van de Wetering's small and admirable memoir records the experiences of a young Dutch student--later a widely celebrated mystery writer--who spent a year and a half as a novice monk in a Japanese Zen Buddhist monastery. As Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, author of Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism , has written, The Empty Mirror "should be very encouraging for other Western seekers." It is the first book in a trilogy that continues with A Glimpse of Nothingness and Afterzen .
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Acceptable. A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (However the dust cover may be missing). Pages can include considerable notes--in pen or highlighter--but the notes cannot obscure the text. Book may be a price cutter or have a remainder mark.
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The previous owner's name is penned on the front endpapers. Pages have some highlighting. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0395182824. The author's first book. Translated from the Dutch. First American printing. Very good in a very good (light damp mark at the rear flap fold) dust jacket.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ jacket. Cloth in DJ; 145pp; DJ clean, bright & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+/VG+ condition. Fascinating account of a young Dutch seeker's stay in a Japanese Zen Buddhist monastery as a disciple of a Zen master.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book 1st American edition. Fine in very lightly soiled dust jacket, not price clipped, $5.95 price intact. Van de Wetering's 1st book. Seen by many as a contemporary classic, Janwillem van de Wetering's small and admirable memoir records the experiences of a young Dutch student--later a widely celebrated mystery writer--who spent a year and a half as a novice monk in a Japanese Zen Buddhist monastery.
