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Fire Monks: Zen Mind Meets Wildfire at the Gates of Tassajara
de Colleen Morton Busch
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1594202915
- ISBN 13
- 9781594202919
- Librería
-
Diamond Springs, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: The Penguin Press, 2011. NF/NF. Near fine hardcover in near fine dust jacket. First edition with full number line. A very clean, well cared for copy. Carefully wrapped and packaged in a padded box for safe shippiing. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
Sinopsis
A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year In June 2008 more than two thousand wildfires, all started by a single lightning storm, blazed across the state of California. Tassajara, the oldest Zen Buddhist monastery in the United States, was at particular risk. Set deep in the Ventana wilderness north of Big Sur, the center is connected to the outside world by a single unpaved road. If fire entered the canyon, there would be no way out. Disaster struck during the summer months, when Tassajara opens its doors to visitors, and the grounds fill with guests expecting a restful respite. Instead, the mountain air filled with smoke, and monks broke from regular meditation to conduct fire drills. All visitors were evacuated, and many Zen students followed. A small crew of residents and firefighters remained, preparing to defend Tassajara. But nothing could have prepared them for what came next. When a treacherous shift in weather conditions brought danger nearer still, firefighters made the flash decision to completely evacuate the monastery. As the firefighters and remaining residents caravanned out the long road to Tassajara, five monks turned back, risking their lives to save the monastery. Fire Monks is their story. A gripping narrative as well as an insider’s portrait of the Zen path, Fire Monks reveals what it means to meet an emergency with presence of mind. In tracking the four men and one woman who returned—all novices in fire but experts in readiness—we witness them take their unique experiences facing the fires in their own lives and apply that wisdom to the crisis at hand. Relying on their Zen training, the monks accomplished the seemingly impossible—greeting the fire not as an enemy to defeat, but as a friend to guide. Fire Monks pivots on the kind of moment some seek and some run from, when life and death hang in simultaneous view. Drawing on the strength of community, the practice of paying attention, and the power of an open, flexible mind, the Tassajara monks were able to remain in the moment and act with startling speed and clarity. In studying an event marked by great danger and uncertainty, Fire Monks reveals the bravery that lives within every heart.
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Detalles
- Librería
- A Quiet Corner For Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 002811
- Título
- Fire Monks: Zen Mind Meets Wildfire at the Gates of Tassajara
- Autor
- Colleen Morton Busch
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Edición
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1594202915
- ISBN 13
- 9781594202919
- Editorial
- The Penguin Press
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2011
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