Single white monk : tales of death, failure, and bad sex (although not necessarily in that order) / Shozan Jack Haubner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haubner, Shozan Jack, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Haubner, Shozan Jack.

Zen Buddhists--United States--Biography.

Zen Buddhists.

Buddhist monks--United States--Biography.

Buddhist monks.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

208 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Shambhala, 2017.

Summary:

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 its really like behind those monastery walls. Haubners 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 friends death, and reflections on the controversy that rocked his Zen community. That he finds timeless wisdom in both the tragic and the absurd is a tribute to Haubner's gifts as a writer and humorist, and to his clear insights into the nature of self and what the practice of Zen is all about.

Contents:

Middle way manager

Middle way manager

Dirt monkey

The divine truth of a kiss

Jumping the wall

Consider the seed

Expiration date

How deep is your love?

Daishin

The four deaths of my teacher

Two and three

One and four.

ISBN:

9781611803631

1611803632

OCLC:

965533042