Keith Martin-Smith
A Heart Blown Open, chronicles the extraordinary journey of Zen master Jun Po Denis Kelly Roshi, whose life landed him in prison long before he landed in a monastery. Experience the successes and failures that led him to found an entirely new form of Buddhism called Mondo Zen. Starting from an abusive and alcoholic home in Wisconsin, Kelly becomes a major force in the counterculture of the 1960s and one of its biggest manufacturers of LSD. He ends up on the run for five years before serving time in a federal prison, and then goes on to spend six years in a Zen monastery. In his fiftieth year, he becomes a recognized Zen master in his own right, but the real journey is just about to begin. ,Extraordinary in their playfulness, depravity, and liberating insight, Jun Poâ€™s life events swirl together to underscore and illuminate the environment from which one of the most controversial masters of the American Zen scene has emerged. ,A Heart Blown Open, constitutes a powerful synthesis of Eastern contemplative wisdom and Western psychological insight and is as entertaining as it is inspirational.,Winner of the 2013 Silver Award for Excellence from Nautilus Book Awards.
Religion,Buddhism,Buddhism,Zen,Biography,Spirituality
A Heart Blown Open: The Life and Practice of Zen Master Jun Po Denis Kelly Roshi