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Fire monks : Zen mind meets wildfire at the gates of Tassajara

An account of how five monks saved the U.S.'s oldest Zen Buddhist monastery describes the monastery's location in a remote area that was plagued by hundreds of wildfires in 2008 and the monks' decision to remain behind when even firefighters were evacuated

Print Book, English, ©2011
Penguin Press, New York, ©2011