The Barn at the End of the World
The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Denominations, Quakers, Eastern Religions, Buddhism, Biography & Memoir, Religious
| Author: | Mary Rose O'Reilley | ISBN: | 9781571319265 |
| Publisher: | Milkweed Editions | Publication: | February 28, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Milkweed Editions | Language: | English |
| Author: | Mary Rose O'Reilley |
| ISBN: | 9781571319265 |
| Publisher: | Milkweed Editions |
| Publication: | February 28, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Milkweed Editions |
| Language: | English |
Deciding that her life was insufficiently grounded in real-world experience, Mary Rose O'Reilley, a Quaker reared as a Catholic, embarked on a year of tending sheep. In this often hilarious book, O'Reilley describes her work in an agricultural barn and her extended visit to a Buddhist monastery in France, where she studied with Thich N'hat Hanh. She seeks, in both barn and monastery, a spirituality based not in "climbing out of the body" but rather in existing fully in the world.
Deciding that her life was insufficiently grounded in real-world experience, Mary Rose O'Reilley, a Quaker reared as a Catholic, embarked on a year of tending sheep. In this often hilarious book, O'Reilley describes her work in an agricultural barn and her extended visit to a Buddhist monastery in France, where she studied with Thich N'hat Hanh. She seeks, in both barn and monastery, a spirituality based not in "climbing out of the body" but rather in existing fully in the world.
