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Sister Elaine MacInnes shares her journey into Zen Buddhism and the way it enriches her understanding and experience of Christianity. A young Canadian destined for a career in literature or music, her religious calling led her to join Our Lady's Missionaries. Intent on learning more about other religious traditions, MacInnes travelled to Japan where she encountered a completely different spiritual path. After decades of rigorous, disciplined study, MacInnes became the first ever Canadian-born roshi, joining an elite group of world-recognised Zen Masters. In Zen Meditation, MacInnes shares a lifetime of learning about Buddhist practice and perspective and how these continue to enrich and inform her understanding and experience of Christianity. Awarded the Order of Canada for her teaching of meditation in prisons. A unique and fascinating autobiography and a beginner's guide to Zen meditation.

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Elaine MacInnes is a member of Our Lady's Missionaries, and order of Roman Catholic nuns founded in Canada in 1949. She is one of the few teachers to be accredited by the Sanbo Kyodan, in Kamakura, Japan, one of the foremost centres for the study of Zen.

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