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Can a Christian be a Buddhist Too?
Richard Josephson I live at the City of Ten Thousand Buddha in Ukiah California. This is where I was ordained as a monk as a young person of twenty-three years. I am now 78 (in 2024) and back here since 2018. In between I lived over a decade in Nepal and India, and the pristine Island of Maui, Hawaii. I married a Nepali and have three children, Rachel, Mudra, and Kailash, and two grandchildren, Zoe, and Moksha. I love cooking and meditating, and eating most of all.
I write in between meditation and ceremonies and my books are available under Richard Lawrence Josephson on Amazon. All are sold at printing cost and topics range from meditation, historical guides, and raising children.
I can always be reached through my email: [email protected].
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