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Der leere Spiegel. Erfahrungen in einem japanischen Zen-Kloster

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Der leere Spiegel. Erfahrungen in einem japanischen Zen-Kloster

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Der inzwischen als Kriminalschriftsteller berühmt gewordene Janwillem van de Wetering hat eineinhalb Jahre in der Askese eines Zen-Klosters verbracht. «Seine oft genug körperlich schmerzhaften Erlebnisse mit der Zen-Meditation, der ernüchternde, auch von Lausbubengehabe durchzogene Alltag im Kloster und die Schlußfolgerungen, die schließlich zum Abbruch seiner Studien führten, sind auf eine Weise geschildert, die so ganz ohne beweihräuchernde Stimmungsmache auskommt»--Frankfurter Allgemeine ZeitungDas Buch ist ein existentielles Abenteuer für alle Leser, denen die bewußtlose Routine des Lebens nicht genügt.

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Length 153 Pages
Language Ger
Imprint Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag
Released 1973
Identifier (ISBN) 1248169
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