Phra Farang

An English Monk in Thailand

Phra Peter Pannapadipo (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

384 Seiten

2005
Arrow Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-09-948447-9 (ISBN)

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At forty-five, successful businessman Peter Robinson gave up his comfortable life in London to ordain as a Buddhist monk in Bangkok. But the new path he had chosen was not always as easy or as straightforward as he hoped it would be.

In this truly extraordinary memoir, Phra Peter Pannapadipo describes his ten-year metamorphosis into a practicing Buddhist monk, while being initiated into the intricacies of an unfamiliar Southeast Asian culture.

Phra Peter tells his story with compassion, humour and unflinching honesty. It's the story of a 'Phra Farang' - a foreign monk - living and practicing his faith in an exotic and intriguing land.

Peter Robinson became a Buddhist monk, taking the name Phra Peter Pannapadiop, at the age of forty-five but now administers SET - the Students' Education Trust he set up for novices who wished to continue their education but cannot afford to do so. As monks cannot earn money or fundraise themselves, he elected to disrobe temporarily.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.6.2005
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	110 x 178 mm
Gewicht	204 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Asien
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
ISBN-10	0-09-948447-1 / 0099484471
ISBN-13	978-0-09-948447-9 / 9780099484479
Zustand	Neuware