Meeting Buddhas and Buddhists during a meditative stroll through forested Shasta Abbey, a 14-acre training monastery for monks in Mount Shasta, California.
The Idiot, who is pursuing a number of spiritual and physical paths on Mount Shasta this weekend, outside Shasta Abbey, a Soto Zen monastery founded in 1970 at the foot of lava-domed Black Butte in the morning shadow of Mount Shasta.
The Buddha Hall and meditation room at Shasta Abbey.
Meeting a Buddha during a meditative walk through forested Shasta Abbey in Mount Shasta, California.
Meeting a Buddha during a meditative walk through forested Shasta Abbey in Mount Shasta, California.
About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."
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