Details
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Title
Zen Confidential : Confessions of a Wayward Monk
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Author
Haubner, Shozan Jack
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Binding
Paperback
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Edition
First Edition
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Condition
Used - Good
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Pages
288
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Volumes
1
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Language
ENG
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Publisher
Shambhala Publications, Incorporated, Boston
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Date
2013-05-14
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Features
Price on Product - Canadian, Recycled Paper, Table of Contents
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Bookseller's Inventory #
1544196-6
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ISBN
9781611800333 / 1611800331
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Weight
0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
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Dimensions
8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 in (21.34 x 13.97 x 2.29 cm)
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Themes
- Religious Orientation: Buddhist
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Library of Congress subjects
Zen Buddhists - United States, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
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Library of Congress Catalog Number
2012048993
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Dewey Decimal Code
B
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From the publisher
Shozan Jack Haubner is the pen name of a Zen monk whose humorous essays have appeared in Tricycle, Buddhadharma, the Shambhala Sun, and The Sun, as well as in the Best Buddhist Writing series. He is the winner of a 2012 Pushcart Prize. The events described in his book are true. Shozan’s name has been changed to protect the innocent.
Excerpt
By Way of a Foreword
This is the best account I have ever read of the education of a Zen monk in America.
I was ordained a long while ago. Shortly thereafter my teacher let me know that I was a “pretend monk.” That was true. I was in it for the robes.
Shozan Jack Haubner has trained for more than nine years with a teacher whom I love, on a mountain that I know. Difference is, he is the real deal. He stuck it out while (many years before he arrived) I escaped.
But now this punk of a monk, who should be tending to his own affairs, has decided to infect the real world with his tall tales, and worse, to let the cat out of the bag. And what a sly, dangerous, beautiful, foul-smelling, heartwarming beast it is. We can almost forgive him.
If you are interested in these matters, this is a book you will enjoy. If you want to go a little deeper, this is a book you will need.
—Jikan Leonard Cohen
Media reviews
“The author’s search to ‘grow into a true human being’ is described with startling metaphors, acute insights, and humor. . . . Haubner’s unorthodox take on the spiritual search, marked by moments of grace, and his strength as an essayist will win over a specific audience willing to accept his dare.”—Publishers Weekly
“This punk of a monk, who should be tending to his own affairs, has decided to infect the real world with his tall tales, and worse, to let the cat out of the bag. And what a sly, dangerous, beautiful, foul-smelling, heart-warming beast it is.”—Leonard Cohen, from the foreword
“This is the funniest, most genuine spiritual memoir I have ever read. It feels odd to call it a memoir, given how it is chock full of genuine Buddhist insight. A must-read, especially for those of us who have been accused of being in gay porn films.”—Lodro Rinzler, author of The Buddha Walks into a Bar…
“Zen Confidential has a virtue rare in spiritual books, it includes the whole of life. Here we have sex, bathroom customs of the monastery, politics, suicide, drugs, meanness, marriage, standup comedy, Las Vegas, koans and a 105-year-old Zen master. It’s a window into a magical world that pretends to be ordinary and an ordinary world that is magical. Haubner has an acute eye for the ridiculousness of the world and a larger-than-life way of seeing. It’s a fresh, living account of this kind of Zen in America and of living well and serving the way.” —John Tarrant, author of Bring Me the Rhinoceros and Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life
Citations
- Foreword, 05/31/2013, Page 0
- Library Journal, 09/01/2013, Page 115
- Publishers Weekly, 04/08/2013, Page 0
About the author
Shozan Jack Haubner is the pen name of a Zen monk whose humorous essays have appeared in Tricycle, Buddhadharma, the Shambhala Sun, and The Sun, as well as in the Best Buddhist Writing series. He is the winner of a 2012 Pushcart Prize. The events described in his book are true. Shozan's name has been changed to protect the innocent.
