Hidden Treasure - The Eight Gates of Zen

The Eight Gates of Zen: A Program of Zen Training

If you want to practice Zen but there's no zendo for miles around, this book may be the next best thing. It contains the complete, eight-phase program of training taught at Zen Mountain Monastery, Mt. Tremper, New York.

It's a training that's not in any way limited to sitting meditation (that's only part one). It also includes training in teacher interaction, study, ritual, ethics, art, body practices, and work. It's a whole-life process...

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John Daido Loori, American Zen teacher, abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery

John Daido Loori (1931–2009) was one of the West's leading Zen masters. He was the founder and spiritual leader of the Mountains and Rivers Order and abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery. His work has been most noted for its unique adaptation of traditional Asian Buddhism into an American context, particularly with regard to the arts, the environment, social action, and the use of modern media as a vehicle of spiritual training and social change.