Beschreibung:
"I had not met or interacted with a human being for weeks. I had just spent the night alone on a cloud-shrouded mountain. And now a fox and I looked intently at each other." What is it like to be completely alone, attempting to face your experience with only nature for company? Buddhist teacher and author, Vajragupta, has been doing just that every year for twenty-five years. Here he recounts how these "solitary retreats" have changed him, how he fell in love with the places he stayed in and the creatures there.
Acknowledgements xiPublisher's acknowledgements xiiiIntroduction 11 The gaze of the sea 32 The secret valley 193 Mind is more fleet than the feet 334 Through the green gate 495 A murder of crows 656 A night on Hawk Hill 817 Solitary together 938 'World is crazier and more of it than we think' 1059 Green fire 12710 The return journey 139Appendix 1An A-to-Z guide to solitary retreats 151Appendix 2Two ritual texts for being alone and aware in nature 183Notes 187