The bodhi tree grows in L.A.
Subtitle: tales of a Buddhist monk in America
By: Bhante Walpola Piyananda ; foreword by TK.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9781590305683
Subjects: Piyananda, Bhante Walpola -- Anecdotes; Buddhism -- Anecdotes
Genres: Anecdotes.
Description: "Truth is regularly stranger than fiction for the abbot of a Buddhist temple in the far-from-tranquil inner city of Los Angeles, California. Whether he is talking a dangerously unbalanced man out of buying a gun, confronting a naked woman in his meditation hall, or helping gamblers reform, Bhante Walpola Piyananda demonstrates that every experience can be an opportunity for learning and appreciating the Buddha's teachings." "Bhante Piyananda also reflects on social and political issues such as the racial tension in his neighborhood after the Rodney King trial and the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddha statues in Afghanistan."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.