Grassroots Zen: Community and Practice in the Twenty-first Century

Manfred Steger Perle Besserman

Monkfish Softcover $15.95 (200pp) 978-1-939681-69-0 Grassroots Zen is an enlightened, pragmatic guidebook that will deepen and enliven spiritual practice.

In Grassroots Zen, Perle Besserman and Manfred Steger offer an interpretation of Zen that is approachable and uniquely American. Where Zen is sometimes perceived as hierarchical, prescriptive, and austere, they offer a Zen experience that is passionate, accessible, and deeply grounded in the here and now.

This husband-and-wife scholarly team has led Zen groups in Princeton, Honolulu, and elsewhere, and for them Zen is all about community