Autobiography of a ZEN Monk av Roshi Taisen (Roshi Taisen Deshimaru) Deshimaru

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While countless memoirs exist written by Zen students and teachers, few are as engaging and as tantalizing as Taisen Deshimaru''s. Looking back at his early life, growing up in Japan, from the viewpoint of his status as a Zen teacher in Paris, the author reflects on his earliest misadventures¿from defacing a valuable painting of Bodhidharma as a child, to turning the "Zen stick" on a young monk during a retreat. Adventures abound with stories about alcohol and women, during his student years, and his activities during World War II in working for the arms industry in Malaysia, where he was sympathetic to the underground freedom movement. This first English-language translation of Taisen Deshimaru''s autobiography will be prized for its clear and honest documentation of this great master''s life. Many people all over the world have been influenced by Deshimaru''s Zen teachings, especially his book on Zen and the martial arts. This memoir fills an important gap in our knowledge of his tea