Recounts the struggles of a young Thai woman to become a Buddhist nun and the challenges and rewards of that life.

This extraordinary story takes the reader from the rice fields of Vietnam to the peaceful surrounding of Thich Nhat Hanh’s monastery in Plum Village where Sis

Moving from difficulty to difficulty, Wabi finally found a home at a convent of Buddhist nuns, where she gained close friends, an education, and a vibrant medit

"Forced to spend twenty-one years in Chinese prisons and to endure unimaginable torture, Ani Pachen chose to become a warrior rather than a victim." -Alice Walk

The captivating autobiography of the first Western nun ordained in Thich Nhat Hanh's Vietnamese Zen lineage. In 1988, Sister Annabel Laity became the first West