The Wild White Goose
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The Diary of a Female Zen Priest
by Rev. Roshi P.T.N.H. Jiyu-Kennett
In 1961 it was highly unusual for any Westerner to choose the arduous path of study and meditation required to become a Zen Buddhist monk. It was even more unusual for a Western woman. This rich and remarkable narrative, based on the author’s own diaries, tells the story of Roshi Jiyu-Kennett, who left England to join a Zen monastery in Japan.
A tale of faith, enlightenment, and spiritual determination, The Wild White Goose recounts Roshi Jiyu-Kennett’s coming to terms with her training and provides a fascinating study of how to train, and how not to. Along the way, she illustrates how the Buddhist approach to overcoming difficulties helped her both as a foreigner and a woman in an otherwise all-male temple.
A classic story available now for the first time in one volume, The Wild White Goose is a book that all serious students of Zen must read, written by the Master who founded the Shasta Abbey in California in 1970.
Rev. Roshi P.T.N.H. Jiyu-Kennett was one of the first Western women recognized as a Zen Master. She was given dharma transmission by the Very Reverend Keido Chisan Koho Zenji, Chief Abbot of Soji-ji. The founder of Shasta Abbey in Mount Shasta, California, she authored many important Buddhist works, including Roar of the Tigress, How to Grow a Lotus Blossom, Zen is Eternal Life, The Liturgy of the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives for the Laity, and Serene Reflection Meditation.
by Rev. Roshi P.T.N.H. Jiyu-Kennett
In 1961 it was highly unusual for any Westerner to choose the arduous path of study and meditation required to become a Zen Buddhist monk. It was even more unusual for a Western woman. This rich and remarkable narrative, based on the author’s own diaries, tells the story of Roshi Jiyu-Kennett, who left England to join a Zen monastery in Japan.
A tale of faith, enlightenment, and spiritual determination, The Wild White Goose recounts Roshi Jiyu-Kennett’s coming to terms with her training and provides a fascinating study of how to train, and how not to. Along the way, she illustrates how the Buddhist approach to overcoming difficulties helped her both as a foreigner and a woman in an otherwise all-male temple.
A classic story available now for the first time in one volume, The Wild White Goose is a book that all serious students of Zen must read, written by the Master who founded the Shasta Abbey in California in 1970.
Rev. Roshi P.T.N.H. Jiyu-Kennett was one of the first Western women recognized as a Zen Master. She was given dharma transmission by the Very Reverend Keido Chisan Koho Zenji, Chief Abbot of Soji-ji. The founder of Shasta Abbey in Mount Shasta, California, she authored many important Buddhist works, including Roar of the Tigress, How to Grow a Lotus Blossom, Zen is Eternal Life, The Liturgy of the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives for the Laity, and Serene Reflection Meditation.
