Rude Awakenings: Two Englishmen on Foot in Buddhism's Holy Land

Half raucous adventure and half inspirational memoir, Rude Awakenings documents an unusual pilgrimage. Two very different men — life-loving naturalist Nick Scott and austere Buddhist monk Ajahn Sucitto — together spend six months retracing the Buddha's footsteps through India. Told alternately by Sucitto and Scott in their distinctive voices, this story blends self-effacing humor, philosophical explorations, drama, travel observations, and the occasional giant fruit bat. Rude Awakenings is a heady record of survival and spirituality set against the dramatic backdrop of one of India's most lawless regions.

• Author
• Ajahn Sucitto, Nick Scott, Stephen Batchelor

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 352

• Publisher
• Wisdom Publications

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780861714858

• Genres
• buddhism, travel, religion, memoir

• Release date
• 2005