The Empty Mirror: Experiences in a Japanese Zen Monastery by Janwillem Van De Wetering

The Empty Mirror: Experiences in a Japanese Zen Monastery by Janwillem Van De Wetering

Seen by many as a contemporary classic, Janwillem van de Wetering's small and admirable memoir records the experiences of a young Dutch student--later a widely celebrated mystery writer--who spent a year and a half as a novice monk in a Japanese Zen Buddhist monastery. As Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, author of Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, has written, The Empty Mirror should be very encouraging for other Western seekers.