Autumn Light - Edwina Norton

Autumn Light

My Fifty Years in Zen

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
162 Seiten
2020
Hamilton Books (Verlag)
978-0-7618-7207-8 (ISBN)
23,65 inkl. MwSt
Autumn Light: My Fifty Years in Zen is an artfully told memoir of one woman’s lived experience of Zen Buddhism as it took root in America. The author weaves Zen teachings and practices into her personal story, recounting how they guided her through life’s challenges into a peaceful old age.
Autumn Light: My Fifty Years in Zen is the story of one woman’s witness to the remarkable half-century when Buddhist philosophy and practice took root in the religious landscape of the West.

Author Edwina Norton has been a devoted practitioner of the Soto school of Zen for the past 50 years. In 2013, at the age of 78, she was ordained a Zen priest and immediately thereafter participated in a rigorous three-month training at Tassajara Zen Mountain Monastery in California. Told in the intimate voice of a dharma friend, Autumn Light weaves Norton’s life experiences with the Zen teachings and practice that sustained her through personal and professional challenges while raising two sons alone. Now retired to the Pacific Northwest, she practices with a small, diverse Zen community of young and older Zen students. Her late-in-life commitment as a priest has sparked a series of challenges that have tested her resolve to follow the rigorous practices of the Zen tradition. Priesthood has also rewarded her with unexpected, new insights into the meaning of her life.

Edwina Norton has practiced Soto Zen Buddhism in California, Japan, and Washington state for fifty years. As an ordained Zen priest, she supports new and continuing lay practice students at Red Cedar Zen Community in Bellingham, Washington.

Author’s Notes

Names

Bibliographic Citations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Journey Begins

Chapter 2. A Family Tragedy

Chapter 3. A New Life

Chapter 4. Abundant Inspiration

Chapter 5. Maturing Practice

Chapter 6. Autumn Light

Chapter 7. Tassajara

Chapter 8. Learning the Ropes

Chapter 9. Full Immersion

Chapter 10. Community as Mirror

Chapter 11. The Mirror Cracks

Chapter 12. Sangha Encounters

Chapter 13. Rope’s End

Chapter 14. Save the Body

Chapter 15. Study the Self

Chapter 16. Fifty Years in Zen



Glossary of Terms

Bibliography

About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Lanham, MD
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 231 mm
Gewicht 249 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Buddhismus
ISBN-10 0-7618-7207-8 / 0761872078
ISBN-13 978-0-7618-7207-8 / 9780761872078
Zustand Neuware
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