Half raucous adventure and half inspirational memoir, Rude Awakenings documents an unusual pilgrimage.
Two very different men – life-loving naturalist Nick Scott and austere Buddhist monk Ajahn Sucitto – together spend six months retracing the Buddha’s footsteps through India. Told alternately by Sucitto and Scott in their distinctive voices, this story blends self-effacing humor, philosophical explorations, drama, travel observations, and the occasional giant fruit bat.
Rude Awakenings is a heady record of survival and spirituality set against the dramatic backdrop of one of India’s most lawless regions.
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You yourselves must strive, the Buddhas only point the way
Buddha, Dhp 276
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