Bow First, Ask Questions Later
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Bow First, Ask Questions Later

Ordination, Love, and Monastic Zen in Japan

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  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Bow First, Ask Questions Later

Ordination, Love, and Monastic Zen in Japan

About this book

What happens when a liberal, free-spirited, modern American girl goes on a spiritual quest into structured, disciplined, traditional Japanese Zen life?

Gesshin Claire Greenwood was a liberal, free-spirited American girl who found meaning and freedom in disciplined, traditional Japanese Zen life. However, she came to question not only contemporary American values but also traditional monastic ones.

This book is about becoming an adult—about sexuality, religion, work, ethics, and individuality—but it is also about being a human being trying to be happy. Questioning is a theme that runs throughout the book: how can I be happy? What is true? What is authentic? The reader is invited along a journey that is difficult, inspiring, sad, funny, and sincere.

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Information

Publisher
Wisdom Publications
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9781614293972
eBook ISBN
9781614294115
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Buddhism

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Foreword by Brad Warner
  5. 1. Welcome to My Tea Shop, Here’s a Hot Poker for You
  6. 2. How Water Feels to a Fish
  7. 3. What’s Authentic about Japanese Buddhism?
  8. 4. The Thing Itself
  9. 5. Bow First, Ask Questions Later
  10. 6. Buddha Never Told Me to Be Stupid
  11. 7. Zen and the Art of Radiator Construction
  12. 8. Cutting Off Love
  13. 9. Enlightenment Is a Male Fantasy
  14. 10. Die Standing
  15. 11. What Attainments?
  16. 12. Don’t Rush, Don’t Quit, Don’t Be Lazy
  17. 13. No Precepts Observed, No Broken Precepts
  18. 14. Yes (the Sex Chapter)
  19. 15. Great Doubt
  20. 16. Can Nuns Get Married (Academically)?
  21. 17. Three Robes and One Bra
  22. 18. Eat to Win
  23. 19. Being the Only Woman in the Room
  24. 20. The Man with the Heart Sutra Tattoo
  25. 21. Don’t Move
  26. 22. The Hardest and Best Way
  27. 23. Too Late Now, It’s Already on the Blackboard
  28. 24. Coming Home
  29. Afterword
  30. Acknowledgments
  31. About the Author
  32. Copyright

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