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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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The Journey of One Buddhist Nun: Even Against the Wind

The Journey of One Buddhist Nun: Even Against the Wind

Brown, Sid

Paperback

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ISBN10: 0791450961
ISBN13: 9780791450963
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Sep 27 2001
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.51
Height: 0.39 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.58
Language: English

Recounts the struggles of a young Thai woman to become a Buddhist nun and the challenges and rewards of that life.

The gripping story of Wabi, a young Thai woman who sought a religious life, The Journey of One Buddhist Nun recounts her struggle to overcome the numerous obstacles along her path. Wabi left her rural village at 17 to become a Buddhist nun in a land where religious men are honored and religious women are scorned. Despite these conditions, Wabi wanted to study Buddhism, to meditate, and to develop a profoundly religious life. She traveled to a monastery in Bangkok, where she heard she might be able to pursue her dream, but upon arrival found she needed money to become a nun--money she didn't have. Moving from difficulty to difficulty, Wabi finally found a home at a convent of Buddhist nuns, where she gained close friends, an education, and a vibrant meditation practice.

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