Buddhaland Brooklyn : A Novel (Hardcover)

from chrystal

I enjoyed this tale of a buddhist priest's personal and professional journey from Japan to America. I am curious to learn more about buddhism.

from jnwelch

Buddhaland Brooklyn is the story of a Japanese Buddhist priest, raised in a strict monastery there, who is asked to head up a new Buddhist temple under construction in Brooklyn. Reverend Seido Oda had a tragic experience when young, with his mentally ill father and family. Through entry into the ...

from brangwinn

I'm so glad the movie "Hundred Foot Journey" led me to find other books by Richard Morais. Does culture shape religion or should religion adapt to a culture? When Seido Oda is sent to a Buddhist temple in Japan to begin his life as a priest, he finds himself adapting to the quiet, reflective life...

from Ameise1

This is a great story of a Japanese who lost his entire family as a teenager, shortly after joining a Prister School. The story is about his life, where he seems to be torn between the Buddhist faith and the worldly vices. The story starts in Japan and ends in New York. I have learned a lot about...

from Bleets

After long years of living in a land far away, my anticipated return to America two years ago was troubled by fear of cultural adjustments I knew were waiting on the horizon. I worried that America would turn out to be a society nearly foreign to my sensitivities. The fears all came to life once ...