Richard C. Morais Unisex Buddhaland Brooklyn - Fiction - Paperback

Name: Richard C. Morais Unisex Buddhaland Brooklyn - Fiction - Paperback
Brand: Richard C. Morais

Richard C. Morais

Title:. Buddhaland Brooklyn Condition: BRAND NEW. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9781846883101 Overview:. Buddhaland Brooklyn follows Seido Oda, a taciturn monk nearing his fortieth birthday, who is ordered by his superior to leave the quiet sanctuary of a mountain monastery in Japan and establish a temple in Brooklyn’s Little Calabria. The journey places him into a bustling world of taste, language, and customs that feel almost alien to his disciplined routines. He is forced to navigate a city that talks in a thousand voices while he searches for the stillness at the center of his practice. The story uses Seido’s quiet observations to probe what acceptance really means when faith is tested by difference. Surrounded by well-meaning but imperfect American Buddhists, he confronts memories he has avoided and, gradually, begins to see belonging not as an end point but as a daily choice. The prose is calm and humane, with sly humor and a heart-opening warmth that invites readers to consider how k...