From Booklist Haubner was raised in a Catholic family in Milwaukee. Zen Confidential Confessions of a Wayward Monk By Shozan Jack Haubner Additional Formats Shambhala Publications ISBN: 9780834829053 Details These hilarious essays on life inside and outside a Zen monastery make up the spiritual memoir of Shozan Jack Haubner, a Zen monk who didn’t really start out to be one. This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Not only because it?s highly entertaining, but because of its remarkable insight into the human condition. Shozan Jack Haubner is a Zen monk whose writing has earned him a Pushcart Prize and whose humorous essays have appeared in such periodicals as Buddhadharma, Tricycle, and The Sun. Whether he?s dealing with the pranks of a juvenile delinquent assistant in the monastery kitchen or defending himself against claims that he appeared in a porno movie under the name 'e Daniel Reed'e (he didn?t, really) or being surprised in the midst of it all by the compassion he experiences in the presence of his teacher, Haubner?s voice is one you'll be compelled to listen to. How he went from life in the fast lane to life on the stationary meditation cushion is the subject of this laugh-out-loud funny account of his experiences. Single White Monk by Shozan Jack Haubner - Penguin Books Australia Published: 2 October 2017 ISBN: 9781611803631 Imprint: Shambhala Format: Trade Paperback Pages: 208 RRP: 26. Shozan Jack Haubner is the David Sedaris of Zen Buddhism: a brilliant humorist and analyst of human foibles, whose hilarity is informed. Raised in a conservative Catholic family, Shozan went on to study philosophy (becoming de-Catholicized in the process) and to pursue a career as a screenwriter and stand-up comic in the clubs of L.A. These hilarious essays on life inside and outside a Zen monastery make up the spiritual memoir of Shozan Jack Haubner, a Zen monk who didn?t really start out to be one.

Zen Confidential by Shozan Jack Haubner