Bibliograph

Fire monks, Zen mind meets wildfire at the gates of Tassajara, Colleen Morton Busch

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Fire monks, Zen mind meets wildfire at the gates of Tassajara, Colleen Morton Busch

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Fire monks

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

781948748

Responsibility statement

Colleen Morton Busch

Sub title

Zen mind meets wildfire at the gates of Tassajara

Summary

An account of how five monks saved the U.S.'s oldest Zen Buddhist monastery describes the monastery's location in a remote area that was plagued by hundreds of wildfires in 2008 and the monks' decision to remain behind when even firefighters were evacuated

Table Of Contents

Lightning strike -- Fires merge -- The three-day-away fire -- In the shadow of Esperanza -- Great faith, great doubt, great effort -- Fire in the confluence -- Buddha in the bocce ball court -- The last evacuation -- No leaving, no going back -- Ring of flame -- Meeting fire -- Unbrying Buddha

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