The Bodhi Tree Grows in L.A.: Tales of a Buddhist Monk in America
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
159030568X
ISBN 13
9781590305683
Category
Unknown
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Publication Year
2008
Publisher
Pages
180 pages
Subject
Piyananda, Bhante Walpola Anecdotes. Buddhism Anecdotes. Buddhist temples California Los Angeles Anecdotes.
Abstract
Summary"Truth is regularly stranger than fiction for the abbot of a Buddhist temple in the far-from-tranquil inner city of Los Angeles, California. Whether he is talking a dangerously unbalanced man out of buying a gun, confronting a naked woman in his meditation hall, or helping gamblers reform, Bhante Walpola Piyananda demonstrates that every experience can be an opportunity for learning and appreciating the Buddha's teachings. Bhante Piyananda also reflects on social and political issues such as the racial tension in his neighborhood after the Rodney King trial and the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddha statues in Afghanistan."--Back cover.
Description
xii, 180 pages ; 22 cm
Biblio Notes
174501923
Number of Copies
1
