Calming Chant for Wild Elephants: A Soothing Ritual-image

Calming Chant for Wild Elephants: A Soothing Ritual

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Book Title: Chant to Soothe Wild Elephants Topic: Buddhism / History, Buddhism / Rituals & Practice, General, Asia / Southeast Publication Year: 2008 Item Length: 8.2 in gtin13: 9780306815263 Item Height: 1 in Genre: Travel, Religion, Biography & Autobiography Language: English Format: Perfect ISBN: 9780306815263 Number of Pages: 224 Pages Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Item Width: 5.5 in Author: Jaed Coffin Item Weight: 8 Oz

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Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: A Chant To Soothe Wild Elephants ISBN13: 9780306815263 ISBN10: 0306815265 Author: Coffin, Jaed (Author) Description: Six Years Ago At The Age Of Twenty-One, Jaed Muncharoen Coffin, A Half-Thai American Man, Left New England's Privileged Middlebury College To Be Ordained As A Buddhist Monk In His Mother's Native Village Of Panomsarakram--Thus Fulfilling A Familial Obligation While Addressing The Notions Of Displacement, Ethnic Identity, And Cultural Belonging, A Chant To Soothe Wild Elephants Chronicles His Time At The Temple That Rain Season--Receiving Alms In The Streets In Saffron Robes; Bathing In The Canals; Learning To Meditate In A Mountaintop Hut; And Falling In Love With Lek, A Beautiful Thai Woman Who Comes To Represent The Life He Can Have If He Stays Part Armchair Travel, Part Coming-Of-Age Story, This Debut Work Transcends The Memoir Genre And Ushers In A Brave New Voice In American Nonfiction Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: Da Capo Press Publication Date: 2008-01-08 Weight: 0.55 lbs Dimensions: 0.5'' H x 8.3'' L x 5.5'' W Number of Pages: 224 Language: English

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