One Blade of Grass: A Zen Memoir

One Blade of Grass is a memoir by Henry Shukman that explores his journey through Zen Buddhism and its emotional, spiritual, and physical healing. It is a TLS Book of the Year Selection and has been praised by authors such as Natalie Goldberg and David Hinton.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 352 pages
\n Publication date: 27 May 2021
\n Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR SELECTION


As heard on The Tim Ferriss Show!


Captivating TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT


The book Shukman was born to write.


Natalie Goldberg, author of WRITING DOWN THE BONES, says, "A wonderful and generous book."


David Hinton, author of THE WILDS OF POETRY, says, "One Blade of Grass is a remarkable and inspiring book."


One Blade of Grass is the captivating account of novelist and poet Henry Shukman's journey through the world of Zen Buddhism. Raised in a rationalist household in Oxford during the spiritual heyday of the Sixties and Seventies, an unexpected spiritual awakening would prompt a lifelong quest to integrate the experience into his life, leading him eventually to Zen Buddhism. As Shukman delves into meditative practice and grapples with anxiety, depression, and the chronic eczema he had endured since childhood, he discovers in surprising ways the emotional, spiritual, and even physical healing he had been seeking all along. By turns humorous and moving, this beautifully written memoir demystifies Zen training, casting its profound insights in simple, lucid language, and takes the reader on a journey of their own, into the hidden treasures of life that contemplative practice can reveal to any of us.

\n Weight: 246g\n
Dimension: 128 x 198 x 25 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781529375787\n \n