A Buddhist Life in America: Simplicity in the Complex

by Joan Halifax

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809137852
• ISBN13: 9780809137855
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Really enjoyed hearing how Roshi came to be where she is

This is a very small book (45 pgs) that's well worth the read. A printed version of a speech given as a Wit Lecture at Harvard Divinity School, in which she recounts how her path took her to be where she is now (Upaya in Santa Fe). I learned a lot about Roshi that I did not know before. Since women are rare as Teachers in Western Buddhism, it behooves us all to pay attention when they tell us how they got there.

A Buddhist Life in America

This book is a celebration of a womens journey through life on a great path, not an easy path but one of great discovery about herself and life. A must to read if you are looking for inspiration in relation to the human spirit.