Dinner with Buddha
β Scribed by Roland Merullo
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books
- Year
- 2016;2008
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 220 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1616200324
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
"We, like Otto, find our cynicism worn away by Rinpoche's gentle instruction in the simple but terribly difficult art of letting go, living each moment to the fullest, seeing the sacred in the everyday . . . This brave, meditative author has carved a unique niche in American literature." βKirkus Reviews starred review
If life is a journeyβwith detours, paths from which to choose, and myriad roadblocks to overcomeβthen Otto Ringling is most certainly on the journey of a lifetime. The first fifty or so years of his journey were pretty good. He felt that he had it all, until one day he didn't.
Looking for answers, he calls on his brother-in-law, Volya Rinpoche, a wise man and spiritual leader. A man who accepts the world as it comes to him; a man without pride or vanity. Someone who, as it turns out, is experiencing his own time of doubt. So, in hopes of finding answers to life's mysteries, the two embark on a journey through...
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