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Fighting Monks and Burning Mountains: Misadventures on a Buddhist Pilgrimage

A 750-mile pilgrimage, an unprepared office worker, and everything that went wrong along the way.

Age twenty-eight and fed up with the office job he settled for, Paul Barach decided to travel to Japan to follow a vision he had in college: to walk the ancient 750-mile Shikoku pilgrimage trail.

Here are some things he did not decide to do: learn Japanese, do any research, road test his hiking shoes, or check if itâ€™s the hottest summer in history.

And he went anyway, hoping to change his life.

Fighting Monks and Burning Mountains is the absurd and dramatic journey of one impulsive Americanâ€™s search for answers on a holy path in an exotic land. Along the pathway connecting 88 Buddhist temples, heâ€™ll face arduous mountain climbs, hide from guards in a toilet stall, challenge a priest to a mountaintop karate battle, and other misadventures. Heâ€™ll also delve into the fascinating legends of this ancient land, including a dragon-fighting holy man, a berserker warrior-priest, haunted temples, all manner of gods and monsters, and a vendetta-driven ghost that overthrew a dynasty.

Told with humor and humility, Fighting Monks and Burning Mountains is a funny, engaging memoir about the consequences of impulsive decisions, and the things you can discover while youâ€™re looking for something else.

Also that boars are terrifying in person.

Country	USA
Author	Paul Barach
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1
EISBN	9780990930419
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Sky Dagger Press
Manufacturer	Sky Dagger Press
NumberOfPages	359
PublicationDate	2014-11-09
Publisher	Sky Dagger Press
ReleaseDate	2014-11-09
Studio	Sky Dagger Press

Fighting Monks and Burning Mountains: Misadventures on a Buddhist Pilgrimage

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