| Edition |
First Edition. |
| Description |
xi, 269 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
By way of a foreword / by Leonard Cohen -- Confessions of an angry young monk on the cusp of curmudgeonhood: an introduction/afterword -- Growing ground -- A funny thing happened on the way to enlightenment -- Shitty monk -- Spring-loaded -- Three girlfriends, one pregnancy test -- Son of a gun -- Surrender the tender -- A zen zealot comes home -- Glorious openings in the Windy City: a monk's manifesto! -- Mad monk -- Flinty McGee and me -- Hugging whoooole world! -- On the road with Roshi -- Epilogue: mountains on the move. |
| Summary |
Essays relate how the author, who was raised in a convervative Catholic family, went on to study philosophy and become a monk, chronicling his humorous and unconventional experiences in a Zen monastery. |
| Subject |
Haubner, Shozan Jack.
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Zen Buddhists -- United States -- Biography.
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Buddhist monks -- United States -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9781611800333 paperback |
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1611800331 paperback |
| Standard No. |
40022472967 |
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