Even as Kerouac was raised Catholic, in the early 1950s he became fascinated with Buddhism, an interest that would have a profound impact on his ideas of spirituality and their expression in his writing from Mexico City Blues to The Dharma Bums. Here he retells the story of Prince Siddhartha Gautama, who as a young man abandoned his wealthy family and comfortable home for a lifelong search for enlightenment.
Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha by Jack Kerouac
$17.00
Paperback, Published by Penquin, 2009, 224 pages
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Even as Kerouac was raised Catholic, in the early 1950s he became fascinated with Buddhism, an interest that would have a profound impact on his ideas of spirituality and their expression in his writing from Mexico City Blues to The Dharma Bums. Here he retells the story of Prince Siddhartha Gautama, who as a young man abandoned his wealthy family and comfortable home for a lifelong search for enlightenment.
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