Shozan Jack Haubner

Single White Monk

Tales of Death, Failure, and Bad Sex (Although Not Necessarily in that Order)

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Think the life of a Zen monk is all serenity, peace, and austerity? Think again. Here, Shozan Jack Haubner gives an often-hilarious, always-candid account of what it's really like behind those monastery walls. Haubner's adventures include memories of his dysfunctional Midwestern family that drove him ultimately to declare, I think I should be a monk! to a madcap account of the night he got stoned and snuck out of the monastery, alongside more sobering accounts such as his life-threatening brush with illness, the profound impact of a dear friend's death, and reflections on the controversy that rocked his Zen community. That he finds timeless w… Mehr

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ISBN: 978-0-8348-4094-2
EAN: 9780834840942
Produktnummer: 22810045
Verlag: Shambhala
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 208 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 2'654 KB

Über den Autor

Shozan Jack Haubner is the pen name of a Zen monk whose essays have appeared in The Sun, Tricycle, Buddhadharma, and the New York Times, as well as in the Best Buddhist Writing series. The winner of a 2012 Pushcart Prize, he is also the author of Zen Confidential: Confessions of a Wayward Monk.