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How and why did a Catholic nun become an accomplished Zen master? Sister Elaine MacInnes shares her fascinating story and invites readers into the compelling and slightly exotic world of Buddhist spiritual practice. As she details her lifelong journey of learning about Zen meditative practices, Sister Elaine MacInnes explains how they continue to enrich and inform her experience of Christianity.

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How and why did a Catholic nun become an accomplished Zen master? Sister Elaine MacInnes shares her fascinating story and invites readers into the compelling and slightly exotic world of Buddhist spiritual practice. As she details her lifelong journey of learning about Zen meditative practices, Sister Elaine MacInnes explains how they continue to enrich and inform her experience of Christianity.
Autorenporträt
Elaine MacInnes is a member of Our Lady's Missionaries, an order of Roman Catholic nuns. An accomplished violinist, educator, and social worker, she is one of the few teachers to be accredited by the Sanbo Kyodan, in Kamakura, Japan, one of the foremost centers for the study of Zen. For nearly thirty years Sr. MacInnes has used her training to minister to the incarcerated, working personally with more than 3,000 inmates and training teachers to work in 86 prisons in the United Kingdom. In 2001 she was named an Officer of the Order of Canada and in 2002 she was awarded the Commemorative Medal from Queen Elizabeth II for making a profound and lasting contribution to British society.