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Old 08-04-2011, 09:19 AM   #10363
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Originally Posted by Nancy Fulda View Post
Is that any relation to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance? Because I liked that one a lot...
Hi Nancy, not any relation to my knowledge (other than the common theme of Zen, of course).

However, and this is speculation on my part, since Zen in the Art of Archery was published in 1953, and I believe was pretty widely known, it's possible that Pirsig's title was an homage to Herrigel.

By the way, the Master who Herrigel studied under was named Awa Kenzo. I recently found this followup book that might be interesting.
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