{"product_id":"sanctuary-a-meditation-on-home-homelessness-and-belonging-paperback","title":"Sanctuary: A Meditation on Home, Homelessness, and Belonging - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eZenju Earthlyn Manuel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA singular work of poetic prose exploring otherness and belonging--and what it means to be truly at home.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSanctuary: A Meditation on Home, Homelessness, and Belonging\u003c\/i\u003e examines the interface between inner and outer sanctuary, and the ways they affect one another. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Sanctuary\" is the home we can return to when our lives are under threat, where we can face what's difficult to love, and have a place where we can truly say, \"I am home\"--and spiritual teachers often emphasize sanctuary's inner dimensions, that \"our true home\" is within. \"Homelessness,\" in turn, can be viewed as a forced experience or one in which there is a spiritual void in being or feeling home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing from her life as a Zen Buddhist priest whose ancestors labored as slaves in Louisiana, Zenju Earthlyn Manuel explores the tension between oppression--based on race, religion, ability, class, orientation, gender, and other \"ghosts of slavery\"--and finding home within our own hearts. Through intimate personal stories and deep reflection, Manuel helps us see the moment when the unacknowledged surfaces as \"the time we have been practicing for,\" the epiphany when we can investigate the true source what has been troubling us. This insightful book about home and homelessness, sanctuary and refuge offers inspiration, encouragement, and a clear-eyed view of cultivating a spiritual path in challenging times.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRev. Zenju Earthlyn Manuel, PhD\u003c\/b\u003e, a Soto Zen priest, was born to parents who migrated from rural Louisiana and settled in Los Angeles, where she was born and raised with her two sisters. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Way of Tenderness: Awakening Through Race, Sexuality and Gender\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTell Me Something About Buddhism\u003c\/i\u003e, compiler and editor of the award-winning \u003ci\u003eSeeds for a Boundless Life: Zen Teachings from the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, by Zenkei Blanche Hartman and contributing author to many books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Hidden Lamp: Stories From Twenty-Five Years of Awakened Women.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.8 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770654064928,"sku":"9781614293491","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/90273bf891d775bd0f3fa7fdc7de4e6b.webp?v=1780376463","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sanctuary-a-meditation-on-home-homelessness-and-belonging-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}