Philip Kapleau's classic Three Pillars of Zen has sold an estimated five hundred thousand copies. He is the author of Awakening to Zen, Zen- Merging of East and West, The Wheel of Life and Death, and The Zen of Living and Dying. Kapleau was the first Westerner to be ordained a roshi. He established the Rochester Zen Center in 1966. He lives in Rochester, New York.
"Kapleau has created a profound and practical book that will appeal
to people of all religious backgrounds."—Branches of Light
"This is an important and profoundly useful guide for living and
dying, reflecting the long experience and realization of the
esteemed Zen Buddhist elder Roshi Kapleau. Offering a nonsectarian
perspective on being with dying, this clearly written book makes
death a truly spiritual experience."—Joan Halifax, author of The
Fruitful Darkness
"Philip Kapleau's fine book expands on his seminal work The Wheel
of Life and Death, which has supported so many in the early search
for the sources of what became the conscious dying movement. It is
with a deep gassbo (bow) that we welcome this new work by an elder
on the path we all tread. Thank you Philip."—Stephen Levince,
author of Gradual Awakening and A Year to Live: How to Live This
Year As If It Were Your Last
"Kapleau draws so effectively and knowledgeably on his own and
other religious traditions, but in a manner that is earthy, so
ordinary, so enmeshed in what real living and real dying involve.
The book is very accurately subtitled 'practical and spiritual
guide' because it is practical, almost a handbook, not only for
dealing with the painful loss of a friend but with the shock of
finitude and the taste of mortality such an occurrence inevitably
evokes in ourselves. I am deeply grateful for this serene, mature,
and credible book. It bespeaks a life spent probing the deep things
of the spirit."—Harvey Cox, Harvard Divinity School
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