Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals, 1969-1985 Peter Matthiessen Author
by Peter Matthiessen
2021-04-03 08:43:14
Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals, 1969-1985 Peter Matthiessen Author
by Peter Matthiessen
2021-04-03 08:43:14
In August 1968, naturalist-explorer Peter Matthiessen returned from Africa to his home in Sagaponack, Long Island, to find three Zen masters in his driveway—guests of his wife, a new student of Zen. Thirteen years later, Matthiessen was ordaine...
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In August 1968, naturalist-explorer Peter Matthiessen returned from Africa to his home in Sagaponack, Long Island, to find three Zen masters in his driveway—guests of his wife, a new student of Zen. Thirteen years later, Matthiessen was ordained a Buddhist monk. Written in the same format as his best-selling The Snow Leopard, Nine-Headed Dragon River reveals Matthiessen's most daring adventure of all: the quest for his spiritual roots.
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