“Those bound up in the self are broken down unrelentingly at Eiheiji through name-calling and thrashing. All the baggage people bring with them—academic achievement, status, honor, possessions, even character—is slashed to bits, leaving them to sink to rock bottom and thus cast everything aside.” SelfEiheiji Book:Eat Sleep Sit: My Year at Japan's Most Rigorous Zen Temple Source: Eat Sleep Sit: My Year at Japan's Most Rigorous Zen Temple