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One Blade of Grass: Finding the Old Road of the Heart, A Zen Memoir

Spiritual memoir

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Shukman's spiritual memoir recounting his early awakening at nineteen, decades of severe eczema and depression, and the long path through Sanbō Zen training that became formal study under Joan Rieck, Rubén Habito, and Yamada Ryōun. Named a Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year on UK publication.

Counterpoint, 2019 (US) / Hodder & Stoughton, 2019 (UK)

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Lineage: Sanbo-Zen

By Henry Shukman

Sources

  • en.wikipedia.org — Henry Shukman § Writing career

    In 2019 Shukman published the spiritual memoir One Blade of Grass (Counterpoint / Hodder) which was a Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year.