- Journey to Mindfulness
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Small Treasure
- 2. The Homeless Life
- 3. Escape
- 4. A Monk Once Again
- 5. Monks’ School
- 6. Higher Ordination
- 7. The Final Cure: Meditation
- 8. The Struggle to Stay in School
- 9. Missionary Monk
- 10. Crossing the Ocean to India
- 11. The Relics and the Dalai Lama
- 12. Among the Untouchables
- 13. Under the Great Bodhi Tree
- 14. A Trip Back Home
- 15. My Father’s Funeral
- 16. Malaysia
- 17. An Invitation to the West
- 18. Coming to America
- 19. Manual Labor Missionary
- 20. Mistaken for a Woman
- 21. “Officer Bhante G.”
- 22. A Last Visit with My Mother
- 23. “Are You Mister Gunaratana?”
- 24. Breaking Free
- 25. Building a Monastery
- 26. No Price Tag
- 27. Chief Sangha Nayaka
- 28. Helping My Homeland
- 29. Battles
- 30. Saved By a Man on a Bicycle
- 31. Coincidence—or Kamma?
- 32. Facing the End
- Afterword by Jeanne Malmgren
- Index
- About the Authors
- Copyright
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