Title:
The Master, The Monks and I
Subtitle:
A Western Woman's Experience of Zen
Authors:
Gerta Ital
Publisher:
Thorsons Publishing Group
Pages:
284
Year:
1987
ISBN:
9780850305654
Categories:
Women in Buddhism
Copies:
1 total
Description:
The Master, the Monks and I: A Western Woman's Experience of Zen by Gerta Ital is an autobiographical account detailing the author's journey to Japan to study Zen Buddhism in the 1960s. As the first Western woman permitted to train in a traditional Japanese Zen monastery, Ital documents her immersion into a strict, often harsh monastic life, focusing on her search for enlightenment.