Silence and Noise Growing up Zen in America

Name: Silence and Noise Growing up Zen in America
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ISBN: 9780743417556

ISBN-10: 0743417550

ISBN-13: 9780743417556

Edition: 2003

Authors: Ivan Richmond

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A fresh new voice in American Buddhism -- a twenty-nine-year-old raised among Buddhists in California -- offers wisdom for both longtime practitioners and a new generation of students in this fascinating memoir of his Zen upbringing. Over half a century ago, when the first Zen Masters came to America, eager young students in search of enlightenment flocked to hear their teachings. Many, like Ivan Richmond's parents, became Buddhist teachers themselves while raising their children at monasteries and retreat centers. Growing up in the seventies in the deliberate silence of a Buddhist community, young Ivan knew only the hippies and redwoods of Northern California. When his family left in 1983,…

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List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Atria Books
Publication date: 7/29/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.33" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.462
Language: English



Introduction: Who I Am



An American Immigrant in America--Eight Conflicts



Leaving Green Gulch



Buddhist Culture versus Popular Culture



Nonmaterialism versus Materialism



Patience versus Impatience



Child Care versus Child Freedom



Nonviolence versus Violence



Eastern versus Western Morality



Silence versus Noise



Converts and Natives


Conclusion: Finding Myself