Saffron Days in L.A.

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Inthis delightful memoir, Bhante Walpola Piyananda, a Buddhist monk from SriLanka, shares his often amusing, often poignant experiences of life in America.Whether he's reasoning with a group of confrontational punks on Venice Beach,bridging the gap between a rebellious teenager and her traditional parents,explaining to an errant Buddhist that the concept of "non-attachment"does not justify irresponsibility, or dealing with a nude sunbather at ameditation retreat, no situation—no matter how sticky—manages to affectBhante's unflappable calm or his phenomenal ability to find the right parablefor the moment. Bhante Walpola Piyananda, who is abbot of a Buddhist meditation center inL.A., has met and counseled a wide range of people—the disenfranchised ofsociety, couples dealing with relationship issues, American Buddhists trying toreconcile their practice with their very Western lifestyles, recent immigrantsstruggling to assimilate but also...