One Night's Shelter : from home to homelessness : autobiography of an American Buddhist by Yogavacara Rahula - 1985

Printed by he Public Trustee of Sri Lanka, 1985. Soft cover. Good. From the book, ""This book is divided into two parts: the first half describes my growing up in Southern California during the fifties and sixties, three years in the army with a stint in Vietnam, experimenting with drugs, then playing the hippy while free-wheeling and dealing around half the globe, to Nepal where I'm destined to meet my Gurus. This first part is characterized by following the crowd, self-centredness and living out my fantasies. The second part traces the beginning of a conscious search for self-understanding and Truth--the journey of gradual spiritual awakening, characterized by intense introspection and struggling against the ego's old habits; it ends with my ordination as a novice monk in Sri Lanka."" Soft cover in good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted.