Shoes Outside The Door: Desire, Devotion and Excess at San Francisco Zen Center
by Michael Downing
Hardcover, 385 pp.
A detailed account of the history of the San Francisco Zen center, the first Buddhist monastery established outside of Asia, its incredible growth and melt-down in the wake of the sexual exploits and power games of Richard Baker, the charismatic, entrepreneurial and controversial dharma heir of the center's founder, the venerable Suzuki-roshi.
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