Mary Rose O'Reilley
Transcendence can come in many forms. For Mary Rose Oâ€™Reilley a year tending sheep seemed a way to seek a spirituality based not on â€œclimbing out of the bodyâ€ but rather on existing fully in the world, at least if she could overlook some of its earthier aspects. ,The Barn at the End of the World, follows Oâ€™Reilley in her sometimes funny, sometimes moving quest. Though small in stature, she learns to â€œflipâ€ very large sheep and help them lamb. She also visits a Buddhist monastery in France, where she studies the practice of Mahayana Buddhism, dividing her spare time between meditation and dreaming of French pastries.
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The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd