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| Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha | 
 enlarge | Author: Jack Kerouac
Creator: Danny Campbell
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Category: Book
List Price: $25.95
Buy Used: $13.13
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 783693
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 5
Pages: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 5.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0143143077
Dewey Decimal Number: 294.363
EAN: 9780143143079
ASIN: 0143143077
Publication Date: September 18, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. CD's never played. Clamshell cover. 5 CDs. Audience: General/trade.
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Product Description
An account of the life of the Buddha by the author of On the Road
Though raised Catholic, in the early 1950s Jack Kerouac became fascinated with Buddhism, an interest that would have a profound impact on his ideas of spirituality and their expression in his writing from Mexico City Blues to The Dharma Bums. Published for the first time in book form, Wake Up is Kerouacs retelling of the story of Prince Siddhartha Gautama, who as a young man abandoned his wealthy family and comfortable home for a lifelong search for Enlightenment. As a compendium of the teachings of the Buddha, Wake Up is a profound meditation on the nature of life, desire, wisdom, and suffering. Distilled from a wide variety of canonical scriptures, Wake Up serves as both a concise primer on the concepts of Buddhism and as an insightful and deeply personal document of Kerouacs evolving beliefs. It is the work of a devoted spiritual follower of the Buddha who also happened to be one of the twentieth centurys most influential novelists. Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha will be essential reading for the legions of Jack Kerouac fans and for anyone who is curious about the spiritual principles of one of the worlds great religions.
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Excellent Description of Buddha and Buddhism October 16, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is the first Jack Kerouac book that I have ever read, so I am not a follower of his. However, I have read many books on Buddhism, and this is one of the best. It covers the story of Buddha's life and his enlightened teachings in concise, but rich language, much of which is attributed to direct quotes from the Buddha. So even though this book is from a "famous" writer, its value is the remarkable story of the Buddha and his beliefs, and the author's writing skill comes through, but not the writer's beliefs, which aids the clarity of the presentation.
A bonus here is the long introduction (22 pages) by noted American Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman. His writing is almost "a book within a book" and points out some key passages in the text, that then become more meaningful when you see them in the body of the book.
This book will be a treasure to any spiritual seeker.
SUPER ENLIGHTENING October 14, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
ANOTHER "new" Kerouac book...denied publication until now...originally penned in the mid 1950's. Amazing. Make no mistake, this book is great great great and; as a source of enlightenment, unsurpassed. It's every bit as enlightening as his other Buddhist book, "Some of the Dharma," every bit as enlightening as selelcted poems from Mexico City Blues and many other poetry books as well. Kerouac's poetic abilities shine clear & bright as his special talent for expressing ecstatic dharma. Interestingly, I did not find this book in the Kerouac section in a big bookstore...they had it shelved in the Buddhism section! Just as well, I guess. This is no "minor" Kerouac book like, say, Pic or Satori in Paris. It is a treasure of meditative ecstasy. Jack Kerouac was the greatest writer who ever lived.
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