Love, Rōshi : Robert Baker Aitken and His Distant Correspondents

Love, Rōshi : Robert Baker Aitken and His Distant Correspondents / Helen J. Baroni.

Love, Roshi explores the relationship between Robert Baker Aitken (1917-2010), American Zen teacher and author, and his distant correspondents, individuals drawn to Zen teachings and practice through books. Aitken, founder of the Honolulu Diamond Sangha, promoted Zen to a wide audience in works such...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baroni, Helen Josephine
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2012], ©2012.
Subjects:
Aitken, Robert, > 1917-2010 > Correspondence.
Aitken, Robert, > 1917-2010
Zen Buddhists > United States > Correspondence.
PHILOSOPHY > Zen.
RELIGION > Buddhism > Zen.
Zen Buddhists
United States
Personal correspondence
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Table of Contents:
  • Love, Rōshi; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Preface; Preliminary Matters; Introduction; Chapter 1: Setting the Stage: Aitken and the Context of Zen in America; Part I: Distant Correspondents Write to the Rōshi; Chapter 2: Why People Write; Chapter 3: Patterns of Zen Practice among the Distant Correspondents; Chapter 4: Areas of Special Concern Raised by Distant Correspondents; Chapter 5: Special Constituencies within the Distant Correspondents; Part II: The Rōshi Responds; Chapter 6: Robert Aitken's Zen Ministry by Mail.
  • Chapter 7: These Words Are Your Words: Patterns in Aitken's Responses to his Distant CorrespondentsConclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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