Helen Tworkov is founding editor of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, the first and only independent Buddhist magazine, and author of Zen in America: Profiles of Five Teachers (North Point Press; 1989). She first encountered Buddhism in Asia in the 1960s and has studied in both the Zen and Tibetan traditions. Since 2006 she has been a student of the Kagyu and Nyingma Tibetan master Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, and has assisted him in the writing of In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying (Spiegel and Grau; 2019) and Turning Confusion into Clarity: A Guide to the Foundation Practices of Tibetan Buddhism (Shambhala Publications; 2014).
摘要
Tworkov investigates the process of assimilation of Zen into American culture through profiles of five, first-generation American Zen masters. 16 black-and-white photos.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii INTRODUCTION 3 ROBERT AITKEN 23 JAKUSHO KWONG 65 BERNARD GLASSMAN 109 MAURINE STUART 153 RICHARD BAKER 199 LINEAGE CHART 253