The Resource The Buddhist on death row : how one man found light in the darkest place, David Sheff
The Buddhist on death row : how one man found light in the darkest place, David Sheff
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- "The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Boy explores the transformation of Jarvis Jay Masters who became one of America's most respected Buddhist practitioners during his two decades in solitary confinement in San Quentin"--
- Jarvis Jay Masters was born into a house filled with crack, alcohol, physical abuse, and men who paid his mother for sex. Sent to foster care when he was five, he progressed quickly to juvenile detention, car theft, armed robbery, and ultimately San Quentin. While in prison, he was set up for the murder of a guard, and has been on death row since 1990. Sheff describes Masters's gradual transformation from a man dedicated to hurting others to one drawn to the principles that Buddhism espouses: compassion, sacrifice, and living in the moment. Still in San Quentin, still on death row, he now shows us how to ease our everyday suffering, relish the light that surrounds us, and endure the tragedies that befall us all. -- adapted from jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xxi, 249 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction
- The first noble truth : Suffering. Born useless ; Breathing, sitting ; Scars
- The second noble truth : The cause of suffering. Condemned ; Awakening ; Taking refuge ; The only way out ; Karma ; Kill the Buddha
- The third noble truth : The end of suffering. Connection ; Forgiveness ; Another way ; Warrior ; Compassion ; Walking on the grass ; Presence ; The sound of life
- The fourth noble truth : The path. Hope ; Letting go ; Enlightenment
- Epilogue: Living with an open heart
- Isbn
- 9781982128456
- Label
- The Buddhist on death row : how one man found light in the darkest place
- Title
- The Buddhist on death row
- Title remainder
- how one man found light in the darkest place
- Statement of responsibility
- David Sheff
- Subject
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- trueAfrican American men
- Biographies
- trueBuddhist meditation
- Buddhists
- trueBuddhists
- trueBuddhists -- United States
- Buddhists -- United States -- Biography
- California -- San Quentin
- California State Prison at San Quentin
- California State Prison at San Quentin -- Biography
- Death row inmates
- Death row inmates -- Biography
- trueDeath row prisoners
- trueDeath row prisoners -- Biography
- trueGrowth (Psychology)
- Masters, Jarvis Jay, 1962-
- Masters, Jarvis Jay, 1962-
- trueMeditation
- Prisoners
- truePrisoners
- Prisoners -- California
- Prisoners -- California -- Biography
- Prisoners -- California | San Quentin -- Biography
- truePsychological growth
- RELIGION / Buddhism / General
- United States
- trueUnited States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- "The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Boy explores the transformation of Jarvis Jay Masters who became one of America's most respected Buddhist practitioners during his two decades in solitary confinement in San Quentin"--
- Jarvis Jay Masters was born into a house filled with crack, alcohol, physical abuse, and men who paid his mother for sex. Sent to foster care when he was five, he progressed quickly to juvenile detention, car theft, armed robbery, and ultimately San Quentin. While in prison, he was set up for the murder of a guard, and has been on death row since 1990. Sheff describes Masters's gradual transformation from a man dedicated to hurting others to one drawn to the principles that Buddhism espouses: compassion, sacrifice, and living in the moment. Still in San Quentin, still on death row, he now shows us how to ease our everyday suffering, relish the light that surrounds us, and endure the tragedies that befall us all. -- adapted from jacket
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- 10889609
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- Sheff, David
- Dewey number
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- 294.3092
- B
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- BQ972.A768
- LC item number
- S54 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- Masters, Jarvis Jay
- Buddhists
- Death row inmates
- Prisoners
- California State Prison at San Quentin
- RELIGION / Buddhism / General
- Masters, Jarvis Jay
- California State Prison at San Quentin
- Buddhists
- Death row inmates
- Prisoners
- California
- United States
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- Introduction -- The first noble truth : Suffering. Born useless ; Breathing, sitting ; Scars -- The second noble truth : The cause of suffering. Condemned ; Awakening ; Taking refuge ; The only way out ; Karma ; Kill the Buddha -- The third noble truth : The end of suffering. Connection ; Forgiveness ; Another way ; Warrior ; Compassion ; Walking on the grass ; Presence ; The sound of life -- The fourth noble truth : The path. Hope ; Letting go ; Enlightenment -- Epilogue: Living with an open heart
- Control code
- on1105948945
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xxi, 249 pages
- Isbn
- 9781982128456
- Lccn
- 2019040344
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- unmediated
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- 40030076371
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- The Buddhist on death row : how one man found light in the darkest place, David Sheff
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- Contents
- Introduction -- The first noble truth : Suffering. Born useless ; Breathing, sitting ; Scars -- The second noble truth : The cause of suffering. Condemned ; Awakening ; Taking refuge ; The only way out ; Karma ; Kill the Buddha -- The third noble truth : The end of suffering. Connection ; Forgiveness ; Another way ; Warrior ; Compassion ; Walking on the grass ; Presence ; The sound of life -- The fourth noble truth : The path. Hope ; Letting go ; Enlightenment -- Epilogue: Living with an open heart
- Control code
- on1105948945
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xxi, 249 pages
- Isbn
- 9781982128456
- Lccn
- 2019040344
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40030076371
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1105948945
Subject
- trueAfrican American men
- Biographies
- trueBuddhist meditation
- Buddhists
- trueBuddhists
- trueBuddhists -- United States
- Buddhists -- United States -- Biography
- California -- San Quentin
- California State Prison at San Quentin
- California State Prison at San Quentin -- Biography
- Death row inmates
- Death row inmates -- Biography
- trueDeath row prisoners
- trueDeath row prisoners -- Biography
- trueGrowth (Psychology)
- Masters, Jarvis Jay, 1962-
- Masters, Jarvis Jay, 1962-
- trueMeditation
- Prisoners
- truePrisoners
- Prisoners -- California
- Prisoners -- California -- Biography
- Prisoners -- California | San Quentin -- Biography
- truePsychological growth
- RELIGION / Buddhism / General
- United States
- trueUnited States
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