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This Side of Nirvana: Memoirs of a Spiritually Challenged Buddhist
This Side of Nirvana Memoirs of a Spiritually Challenged Buddhist Author:Jenkins This Side of Nirvana is a lyrically written spiritual memoir reminiscent of Dakota by Kathleen Norris. Sara Jenkins takes the reader with her on a spiritual journey: a journey to a variety of exotic places, ranging from ancient sacred sites in India to a Buddhist center ensconced in an abandoned Baptist church in Nashville, to a Buddhist re... more »treat center in the heart of North Carolina Appalachia. In India, she accidentally takes Buddhist vows, in Nashville she studies with a former Thai Buddhist monk with a predilection for polyester leisure suits, and in North Carolina she meditates with an odd assortment of spiritual refugees, including an enraged ex-convict and an iconoclastic Zen teacher.« less