The Zen Revolution

Author Won Il, a Kwan Um/Chogye Zen monk, gives a startling account of the path of Zen in a muscular prose in the tradition of Henry Miller and Hunter S. Thompson.

"The American spirit of self-reliance goes hand in hand with the mystical tradition of Zen - yet it hasn't found its own bare wire. The best revolution, and the domain of the Zen adept, is an inner one."

The Zen Revolution reads like a novel, each compelling chapter revealing another nuance; the whole gamut, from origin to fiery cu...