{"product_id":"2940045947152","title":"Journey Out Of Nothing: My Buddhist Path to Christianity","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile in his twenties and thirties, international journalist and best-selling author Martin Roth, living in Japan, became deeply involved in Zen Buddhism. So much so that he co-authored a reference work on the subject, “Zen Guide.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow he explains the attraction of Buddhism to himself and to other young Westerners. He also recounts – often in amusing detail - some of his adventures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe became possibly the first Westerner to complete a famous pilgrimage to thirty-three temples in northern Japan. On another pilgrimage he spent three days hiking through some of Japan’s holiest mountains, sometimes standing under frigid waterfalls in purification rituals. He stayed at famous monasteries, often participating in morning worship services full of dazzling ceremonies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe introduces some of the fascinating people he met. These include the young priest who lived and meditated in a giant soy sauce barrel; the professor who devised “commuting Zen” meditation for his strap-hanging one-and-a-half-hour rail commute to work each day; and the American advertising executive who became head of his own Japanese Zen temple, a place where Caroline Kennedy, now US ambassador to Japan, stayed during her honeymoon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut he also explains why his interest in Buddhism began to fade, and why, today, he is a Christian.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis short book (18,000 words), part travel adventure, part memoir, part spiritual odyssey, will entertain and inform.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChapter One – First Steps\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two – Learning about Buddhism\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three – A Series of Newspaper Columns\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four – Writing a Book\u003cbr\u003eChapter Five – Zen Adventures\u003cbr\u003eChapter Six – Was I a Buddhist?\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seven – Kyoto\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eight – Heading North\u003cbr\u003eChapter Nine – Christian Zen\u003cbr\u003eChapter Ten – Buddhist Art\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eleven – Doubts\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twelve – Becoming a Christian\u003cbr\u003eChapter Thirteen – Buddhism and the Book of Ecclesiastes\u003cbr\u003eChapter Fourteen – Talking with Buddhists\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Martin Roth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47108365353200,"sku":"2940045947152","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940045947152_p0.jpg?v=1763982309","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940045947152","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}