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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820936903321

Autore

Nhat Hanh, Thich

Titolo

My master's robe : memories of a novice monk / / by Thich Nhat Hanh ; foreword by Sister Annabel Laity

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, Calif., : Parallax Press, c2002

ISBN

1-935209-10-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 109 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

294.3/657/092 B

Soggetti

Buddhist novices - Vietnam

Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) - Vietnam

Buddhist priests - Vietnam

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Other Books by This Author -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Cattle Tending -- Brother Duong -- The Lizard -- Auntie Tu -- The Koan -- A Drop of Nectar -- Return -- The New Year Bell -- My Master's Robe -- Humanity.

Sommario/riassunto

A collection of autobiographical stories highlighting Thich Nhat Hanh's experience as a novice monk in Vietnam. We are given a portrait of Thich Nhat Hanh as a young man testing the Buddhist teachings, planting seeds that would carry him through the ordeals of the Vietnam War and its aftermath. The simplicity and clarity of monastic life provides the background against which characters are lovingly presented: the elderly cook, the master who sews by lamplight, the lizard who dares to eat rice offered for the Buddha, the young French soldier seeking understanding, and others.