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Zen and the Bible

by J.K. Kadowaki · 1980

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Brought up within a Zen Buddhist tradition and later becoming a Jesuit priest, the author shows how Zen enriched his understanding of the Bible, and how Christianity gave substance to his practice of Zen.

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adult
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short · 182 pages

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