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By David Peters

A relocating account of the Zen course, from the harrowing first koan interview with the trainer, via moments of depression, brushes with the supernatural, and flashes of perception, resulting in a brand new courting -- to the self, to others, and to this world.

"Warm, humorous, and profoundly clever. A gem!" -- Bobby Rhodes (Zen grasp Soeng Hyang), college Zen grasp, Kwan Um institution of Zen

"This fabulous e-book bargains an intimate view into the perform lifetime of a lay Zen scholar over the process decades ... relaxing and inspiring." -- Richard Shrobe (Zen grasp Wu Kwang), writer of chic Failure: A consultant to Zen Koans

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