
One Blade of Grass
Finding the Old Road of the Heart, a Zen Memoir
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Henry Shukman
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By:
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Henry Shukman
This is the story of how a meditation practice gave Henry Shukman a context for integrating a sudden spiritual awakening into his life and how his depression and anxiety were gradually healed through this practice. In sharing how he grew into a Zen teacher, Shukman demystifies Zen training, casting its profound insights in simple, lucid language. Along the way, One Blade of Grass guides listeners on a journey of their own, into the hidden treasures that contemplative practice can reveal to any of us.
One Blade of Grass recounts Shukman's journey from academia to life as a wandering poet and writer, until he finally settled in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he now runs Mountain Cloud Zen Center. A child of professors at Oxford University, he received a classical humanist education and threw himself onto the path to academia in order to cope with the pain of his parents' divorce and the chronic eczema that had plagued him since childhood - until one day as a young man he encountered a spontaneous, powerful awakening experience.
By turns humorous and moving, this beautiful memoir takes listeners on the journey of a lifetime - into the depths of humanity, following an ancient path to freedom and love.
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Read by the author in his pleasing, open style familiar to listeners of the Mountain Cloud podcast, the book unfolds. It can be very revealing not just of the author's personal journey, but of the journey we all are on.
How the Old Road was Found and Lost
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Great zen memoir
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Fantastic
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Five stars is a little high, four stars would be a little low. It's a book I can imagine I might read again, and that gives me things to think about -- so at least 4 stars. But it's not a book I'm *certain* I will read again, so not 5 stars, either. Somewhere in-between.
The author's humanity and personal generosity (most of the time) comes through, and that helps make it enjoyable.
A pretty good book
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Incredible story. Beautifully written.
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Must read if you are on a journey towards inner peace
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Very Good Read for All
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