Street Zen: The Life and Work of Issan Dorsey

DA CAPO PRESS

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UPC:
9781569246375
Binding:
Paperback
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Publication Date:
6/7/2000
Author:
David Schneider
Language:
english
Edition:
2nd
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Drag queen, junkie, alcoholic, commune leader--and, finally, Buddhist teacher: these words describe the unlikely persona of Issan Dorsey, one of the most beloved teachers to emerge from American Zen. Street Zen follows Dorsey from his days as a female impersonator to the LSD experiences that set him on the spiritual path. In 1989, after 20 years of Zen practice, he became abbot of San Francisco's Hartford Street Zen Center, where he founded a hospice for AIDS patients. Street Zen draws on interviews David Schneider conducted with Dorsey before his death in 1990 and parallels their nearly 20-year friendship.