Buddha Facing the Wall: Interviews with American Zen Monks by Sara Jenkins

Buddha Facing the Wall: Interviews with American Zen Monks
by Sara Jenkins

Buddha Facing the Wall presents firsthand accounts of life in an American Zen monastery. Interviews with fifteen monks offer vivid personal glimpses of how everything about the monastery—from the daily schedule through meetings with the teacher to the silence itself—is designed to support the deep inner work that leads to spiritual transformation.