Peter Matthiessen
In August 1968, naturalist-explorer Peter Matthiessen returned from Africa to his home in Sagaponack, Long Island, to find three Zen masters in his drivewayâ€”guests of his wife, a new student of Zen. Thirteen years later, Matthiessen was ordained a Buddhist monk. Written in the same format as his best-selling ,The Snow Leopard, , ,Nine-Headed Dragon River , reveals Matthiessen's most daring adventure of all: the quest for his spiritual roots.
Religion,Buddhism,Buddhism,Zen,Religion,Spirituality,Nonfiction,Autobiography,Memoir,Philosophy,Philosophy,Eastern Philosophy,Biography,Travel
Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals, 1969-1982