A rare and vivid narrative of a Buddhist nun\'s training and spiritual awakening.
She reveals as well the genuine pleasures that derive from solitude, meditative training, and co.
In this engagingly written account, Martine Batchelor relays the challenges a new ordinand faces in adapting to Buddhist monastic life: the spicy food, the rigorous daily schedule, the distinctive clothes and undergarments, and the cultural misunderstandings inevitable between a French woman and her Korean colleagues.
A rare and vivid narrative of a Buddhist nun\'s training and spiritual awakening