Zen: Dawn in the West is an excellent companion volume to Roshi Philip Kapleau's The Three Pillars of Zen, which had become one of the most effective 'instruction books' for the practice of Zen for Westerners. In this new book, Roshi Kapleau includes question and answer sessions from his intensive seminars and workshops in Zen where he speaks to ordinary men and women about what it entails to practice Zen in our time and culture. Roshi Kapleau touches on subjects such as thought transference, telepathy and psychokinesis from a Zen master's point of view and delves into the vibration and energies that are accessible to all human beings who are willing to practice zazen. One particular memorable and impressive passage from the book quotes the famous Zen Master Dogen... "One person sitting egolessly in zazen becomes imperceptible one with all visible and invisible worlds throughout past, present, and future, carrying on the ceaseless work of leading beings to enlightenment."