Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha

Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha

Though raised Catholic, in the early 1950s Jack Kerouac became fascinated with Buddhism, an interest that would have a profound impact on his ideas of spirituality and their expression in his writing from Mexico City Blues to The Dharma Bums. Published for the first time in book form, Wake Up is Kerouacâ€™s retelling of the story of Prince Siddhartha Gautama, who as a young man abandoned his wealthy family and comfortable home for a lifelong search for Enlightenment. As a compendium of the teachings of the Buddha, Wake Up is a profound meditation on the nature of life, desire, wisdom, and suffering. Distilled from a wide variety of canonical scriptures, Wake Up serves as both a concise primer on the concepts of Buddhism and as an insightful and deeply personal document of Kerouacâ€™s evolving beliefs. It is the work of a devoted spiritual follower of the Buddha who also happened to be one of the twentieth centuryâ€™s most influential novelists. Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha will be essential reading for the legions of Jack Kerouac fans and for anyone who is curious about the spiritual principles of one of the worldâ€™s great religions.

Country	USA
Author	Jack Kerouac
Binding	Hardcover
Brand	Kerouac, Jack/ Thurman, Robert A. F. (INT)
EAN	9780670019571
Edition	1st
ISBN	0670019577
Label	Viking
Manufacturer	Viking
MPN	9780670019571
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	146
PartNumber	9780670019571
PublicationDate	2008-09-18
Publisher	Viking
ReleaseDate	2008-09-18
Studio	Viking

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