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Praise for "Special Karma"
by Sandy Boucher, The Buddhist Channel, Nov 28, 2011
A novelized version of Merry White's experiences at Dai Bosatsu Zendo including Eido Shimano's predatory behavior.
Maine, USA -- "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.
Read more: http://specialkarma.wordpress.com/.
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Sandy Boucher is author of Turning The Wheel: American Women Creating The New Buddhism
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