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

by Haubner, Shozan Jack.

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Shambhala, 2017.

Haubner, Shozan Jack.

Zen Buddhists -- United States -- Biography.

Buddhist monks -- United States -- Biography.

9781611803631 (pbk.)

208 pages ; 22 cm.

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.

Think the life of a Zen monk is all serenity, peace, and austerity? Think again. 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 an 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. He finds timeless wisdom in both the tragic and the absurd as he provides clear insights into the nature of self and what the practice of Zen is all about. Shozan Jack Haubner is the pen name of a Zen monk. He is also the author of Zen Confidential: Confessions of a Wayward Monk.

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