Special Karma: A Zen Novel of Love and Folly - Softcover

Benezra, Merry White

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1453887210 ISBN 13: 9781453887219

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011

Synopsis

Novice seeker meets frisky Zen master. Danger danger.

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From the Back Cover:

"Special Karma is a fascinating novel, of interest to anyone who has attempted to do meditation practice or follow a spiritual discipline, to anyone who has fallen in and out of young love. In it one experiences the intensity of life deeply apprehended, the attractiveness of a character who is both honest about and just slightly amused by the events of her life. Central to the story is the theme of a spiritual teacher (the Japanese Zen Roshi) who abuses his position by initiating sexual liaisons with his female students--and whose approaches to the protagonist, Iris, ultimately lead to her disillusionment about practicing Zen and living in a Zen center. Special Karma is the only novel I know of that presents the theme of the sexual misconduct of a Zen master. Benezra handles this delicate subject with an understatement and irony consistent with the thoughtful, personal tone of the whole book. I hope you will read Special Karma with as much pleasure as I have." - Sandy Boucher, author of Turning The Wheel: American Women Creating The New Buddhism

About the Author:

Merry White Benezra was a resident over an eight-month period at a Zen Buddhist monastery in the United States. A graduate of Goddard College, Benezra lives and works in Mountain View, California. She can see Google from her backyard.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1453887210
• ISBN 13: 9781453887219
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 148