04721nam 2201033 450 991078810800332120230807210802.010.1525/9780520960992(CKB)2670000000618216(EBL)1822588(SSID)ssj0001497471(PQKBManifestationID)12633307(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001497471(PQKBWorkID)11494273(PQKB)10093378(DE-B1597)520101(OCoLC)910237744(DE-B1597)9780520960992(MiAaPQ)EBC1822588(Au-PeEL)EBL1822588(CaPaEBR)ebr11059021(CaONFJC)MIL789197(EXLCZ)99267000000061821620150611h20152015 uy 0engur||#||||||||txtccrCrowded by beauty the life and Zen of poet Philip Whalen /David SchneiderOakland, California :University of California Press,2015.©20151 online resource (351 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-24746-9 0-520-96099-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --List of Illustrations --Preface --Brief Chronology --1. Reflection in Friends --2. Banjo Eyes: Whalen and Ginsberg --3. Buddha Red Ears: Whalen and Kerouac --4. Kalyanamitra: Whalen and Snyder --5. Your Heart Is Fine: Whalen and Kyger --6. Hail Thee Who Play: Whalen and McClure --7. Early: 1923-1943 --8. Forced Association: Army Life, 1943-1946 --9. Reed's Fine College: 1946-1951 --10. Solvitur Ambulando: 1959-1971 --11. Japan, Bolinas, Japan, Bolinas: 1965-1971 --12. New Years: Whalen and Baker, Zen Center --13. An Order to Love: Ordination --14. Rope of Sand: Santa Fe and Dharma Transmission --15. RSVP: Hartford Street, Decline and Death --Acknowledgments --Notes --Primary Sources --IndexPhilip Whalen was an American poet, Zen Buddhist, and key figure in the literary and artistic scene that unfolded in San Francisco in the 1950's and '60's. When the Beat writers came West, Whalen became a revered, much-loved member of the group. Erudite, shy, and profoundly spiritual, his presence not only moved his immediate circle of Beat cohorts, but his powerful, startling, innovative work would come to impact American poetry to the present day. Drawing on Whalen's journals and personal correspondence-particularly with Ginsberg, Kerouac, Snyder, Kyger, Welch, and McClure -David Schneider shows how deeply bonded these intimates were, supporting one another in their art and their spiritual paths. Schneider, himself an ordained priest, provides an insider's view of Whalen's struggles and breakthroughs in his thirty years as a Zen monk. When Whalen died in 2002 as the retired Abbot of the Hartford Street Zen Center, his own teacher referred to him as a patriarch of the Western lineage of Buddhism. Crowded by Beauty chronicles the course of Whalen's life, focusing on his unique, eccentric, humorous, and literary-religious practice.Beat generationPoets, American20th centuryZen Buddhists1950s.1960s.abbot of hartford street zen center.american poetry.american poets.beat biography.beat generation.beat poetry.ben fagan.bio.biography.buddha.buddhism.buddhist poetry.california.ginsberg.keruoac.namthar.nonfiction.philip whalen.poetry.poets.religion.religious poetry.religious practice.san francisco renaissance.san francisco.spirituality.students and teachers.verse.warren coughlin.west coast.western buddhism.zen buddhists.zen monk.Beat generation.Poets, AmericanZen Buddhists.813/.54Schneider David1951-1531525MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788108003321Crowded by beauty3777259UNINA