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Blowing Zen : Finding an Authentic Life
by Brooks, RayISBN13:
9781591811701
ISBN10:
1591811708
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Paperback
Pub. Date:
5/1/2011
Publisher(s):
Natl Book Network
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Summary
Blowing Zen is an uplifting and passionate memoir that has inspired and entranced readers since its original release. This new edition includes an additional chapter, an updated epilogue, an afterword, and photographs.
Author Biography
Ray Brooks is a composer, performer, recording artist, and teacher. Well-known as a masterful shakuhachi player, he gives solo concerts in North America, Europe, and Japan. He lives in Victoria, British Columbia.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. xi |
| Preface | p. xiii |
| Acknowledgments | p. xv |
| Zen Tourist | p. 1 |
| Pipe Dreams | p. 17 |
| Roots and Branches | p. 27 |
| Worlds Apart | p. 35 |
| A Corporate Warriot | p. 47 |
| An Old Soloist | p. 53 |
| A tale of Two Teachers | p. 73 |
| Watet Seekers and Worshippers | p. 91 |
| Temple Sensei | p. 101 |
| Grand Master | p. 109 |
| Listening to Incense | p. 127 |
| Gaijin Komuso | p. 145 |
| Impermanence | p. 159 |
| Shakuhachi Marathon | p. 171 |
| Brearh of the Ancients | p. 193 |
| R.S.V.P. or else! | p. 211 |
| Paying my Respects | p. 227 |
| Live at the Mokuba-tei | p. 243 |
| The Accidental Flute Player | p. 265 |
| Epilogue to the Revised Edition | p. 269 |
| Afterword | p. 275 |
| Glossary | p. 279 |
| List of Musical Pieces | p. 284 |
| List of Recurring Characters | p. 285 |
| About the Author | p. 286 |
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