Lawrence Shainberg - Staring At The Wall With Samuel Beckett and Norman Mailer
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Lawrence Shainberg - Staring At The Wall With Samuel Beckett and Norman Mailer

by Tricycle

Rated
4.8
Type
talks
Activity
Meditation
Suitable for
Everyone
Plays
508

Writer and longtime Zen student Lawrence Shainberg joins Tricycle Editor and Publisher James Shaheen to discuss his new book, "Four Men Shaking: Searching for Sanity with Samuel Beckett, Norman Mailer, and My Perfect Zen Teacher." They talk about Shainberg’s struggles as a practitioner and an author and how he brings them together in his new memoir, which recounts his conversations with his literary heroes, Samuel Beckett and Norman Mailer, along with his teacher, Roshi Kyudo Nakagawa.

ZenEmptinessLiteratureHumorAgingNeurologyFormlessnessHumor In MeditationBuddhist ParadoxesAging WisdomBrain ResearchKoansLiterary InfluencesParadoxesTeacher StudentTeacher Student Relationships

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