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100 1 $aGunaratana, Henepola,$d1927-$eauthor.
245 10$aJourney to mindfulness :$bthe autobiography of Bhante G. /$cby Bhante Henepola Gunaratana with Jeanne Malmgren.
250 $aExpanded anniversary edition.
260 $aSomerville, MA :$bWisdom,$c[2017].
300 $a306 p. ;$c23 cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $a"The inspiring life-story of from the bestselling author of Mindfulness in Plain English--updated and expanded in honor of his 90th birthday. Bhante Gunaratana--Bhante G., as he is affectionately called--has long been among the mostbeloved Buddhist teachers in the West. Ordained at twelve, he would eventually become the first Buddhist chaplain at an American university, the founder of a retreat center and monastery, and a bestselling author. Here, Bhante G. lays barethe often-surprising ups and downs of his more than ninety years, from his boyhood in Sri Lanka to his decades of sharing the insights of the Buddha, telling his story with the "plain-English" good-humored approach for which he is so renowned. This expanded anniversary edition includes four new chapters in which Bhante reflects on the impact of the tsumani that struck his homeland in 2004 and his subsequent appearance on Larry King Live, his brief experiment in ordaining nuns at his monastery, as well intimate reflections on the loss of family members, and his own aging and infirmity--providing a model an inspiring model to us all of gracious equanimity"--$cProvided by publisher.
600 10$aGunaratana, Henepola,$d1927-.
650 0$aBuddhist monks$zSri Lanka$vBiography.
650 0$aSpiritual life$xBuddhism.
650 0$aSpiritual biography$zUnited States.
700 1 $aMalmgren, Jeanne.