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The Buddhist Years
Collected Writings Edited By Charles Shuttleworth
2025
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A brand new volume of previously unpublished writings from the archives reflecting Jack Kerouac’s Buddhist thinking From a young age Kerouac was a spiritual thinker and questioner, and he always considered himself a spiritual writer. Buddhism gave more meaning to Jack’s work as a he was working not for personal accomplishment and glory but for human betterment. And Buddhism justified his with its vision of the material world as empty and illusory, he was free to do what he wanted. This collection shows Jack at his earnest, soulful best. The writing is consistently and wonderfully it is honest, reflective, heartfelt, and revealing, with great characterizations amid his self-exploration as he wrestles with his consciousness, desperate for belief.

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