A heartwarming and realistic depiction of how a writer and poet found and walked the path of Zen Buddhism.

Religion has been declining in the West for generations and has largely been replaced by scientific rationalism.

However, is this approach able to satisfy some of the deeper questions we hold about our lives?

Henry Shukman is an English poet, writer, and the spiritual director at Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Shukman was born into an unreligious family. Still, due to an extraordinary experience as a teenager and struggles as a young man, he began to explore Zen Buddhism and later became a Zen teacher.

By telling his story, Shukman demonstrates the Zen practice's ability to amplify our engagement with the world while also highlighting its difficulties.