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"<i>Shoes Outside the Door</i> is a not only a fine history of the San Francisco Zen Center and Zen in the United States, it is a cautionary tale, valuable to anyone embarked on a spiritual practice." —<i>San Jose Mercury News</i>. <p>Eastern tradition collides with Western individualism in this provocative and compulsively readable investigation of Buddhism, American-style. A genuine spiritual movement becomes strangely entangled with elitist aesthetics, the culture of celebrity, multi-million-dollar investment portfolios, sex scandals, and an unsolved crime.</p> <p>Told Rashomon-fashion by a singular mix of hippies, millionaires, intellectuals, and lost souls whose lives are almost unbelievably intertwined, <i>Shoes Outside the Door</i> is the first book to examine the inner workings of the profoundly influential San Francisco Zen Center. In exploring the history of the most important institution in American Buddhism, author Michael Downing provocatively captures the profound ambivalence of people who earnestly seek both inner peace and worldly satisfaction.</p> <p>Author Biography: Michael Downing is the author of four novels, including <i>Breakfast with Scot</i> and <i>Perfect

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Author

Downing, Michael; San Francisco Zen Center

Publisher

Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint ; Oxford: Oxford Publicity Partnership

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9781582432540

Category

religious

Subjects

Buddhism, Fiction, Religion

Rating

3.65 / 5 (152 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13