256 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-256).
Contents
Lightning strike -- Fires merge -- The three-day-away fire -- In the shadow of Esperanza -- Great faith, great doubt, great effort -- Fire in the confluence -- Buddha in the bocce ball court -- The last evacuation -- No leaving, no going back -- Ring of flame -- Meeting fire -- Unbrying Buddha.
Summary
An account of how five monks saved the U.S.'s oldest Zen Buddhist monastery describes the monastery's location in a remote area that was plagued by hundreds of wildfires in 2008 and the monks' decision to remain behind when even firefighters were evacuated.
