Jaimal Yogis, the 29-year-old author of Saltwater Buddha: A Surfer’s Quest to Find Zen on the Sea had planned to write his book on his girlfriend’s father’s 30-foot sailboat docked in Sausalito, California, but he ran into a little sewage problem according to a story in the Marin Independent Journal.
I thought that would be romantic and somehow Zen-like. But after a few months, the holding tank, no matter how many times I emptied it, reeked of sewage. And the little bed, the one tucked into the bow, the one I compared to ‘being in the womb,’ was right next to the holding tank; so, obviously, it no longer lulled me to sleep. It just smelled. I guess even the prettiest things eventually end up stinking.”
Hopefully, that is not the case with his book, something that Surf Nation author Alex Wade says has “cult classic stamped all over it.” We haven’t read Saltwater Buddha yet, but are looking forward to Yogis summer book tour. For all the dates click here.
[Link: Marin Independent Journal]
Actually there is only one “Zen and the Art of Surfing” book, written by Greg Gutierrez. It is a collection of short stories, five of which were published in The Surfer’s Journal in 1998. In 2008 the collection was published through a grant and is now available at Amazon.com. I do, however, very much look forward to reading “Saltwater Buddha.”
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