Climb the Joyous Mountain: Living the Meditative Way

(Jean Katus submitted the following excerpt of a three column article written by Carol Wright which appeared recently in the NAPRA Trade Journal.)

If you thought that a life of meditation might be bland and placid, you haven’t lived this life through Justin Stone’s experience. His writing not only brings his physical experience of meditation brilliantly alive, but captures the cold Kyoto meditation halls, the single Sumi painting in the corner, the God intoxicated Samadhi of “the Sadhu” and the stench of a Somali camel auction. Stone’s commentary touches on Buddhism, Taoism, the religions of India, the Japanese sense of beauty, and much more. The drawings and poetry of Ou Mie Shu are enchanting.