“Stephen Schettini’s The Novice is a lively read with a deep meaning, entertaining us with a fascinating slice of life while encouraging us to use our short lives in a fruitful way—not settling for some half-alive, blind following of routine. I enjoyed its keen portrayal of outer landscape and inner terrain of emotion and intellect, its humor, and the nobility of the author's struggles, told with ruthless honesty and understated humor in an engaging combination. I recommend it enthusiastically”
—Robert Thurman
Professor of Buddhist Studies, Columbia University
Author of Inner Revolution & Why the Dalai Lama Matters “
What a story! By turns epic and heroic, tender and touching, The Novice imparts a hugely important lesson to our times. It is a gift to every Western seeker of the ‘spiritual’ East. With the seductive verve of a novelist, Schettini tells a subversive and liberating tale.”
—Glenn Wallis, PhD
Author of Basic Teachings of the Buddha, The Dhammapada, & Mediating the Power of Buddhas
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Podcast
Stephen Schettini interviewed by Deborah Harper of PsychJourney, Sept 3, 2009 [44 mins]
Media Reviews
“Writings about spiritual journeys have the potential to read like deadly dull navel-gazing. This book is not like that. Schettini is a keen observer of what's around him and what's going on inside him. He has obviously spent decades mulling over the material and has a nice, self-aware style....” (read more in the Washington Examiner)
“Schettini makes us want to read
it one more time by somehow making it
about us too with his thoroughly honest
account of a life revealed in all its
fragility as well as its strength....” (read more at Your Local Journal)
Author's Spiritual Journey Reveals Happiness is Not Attained by Religious Ownership
(bloggingauthors.com)
“Having been raised in a very strict Catholic upbringing, and having dabbled with other belief systems, I also have come to many of the realizations that (Schettini) has about what is really involved in being content and happy. His book, however, summed up my thoughts in a way that had much more of an impact on my meandering ideas. I highly recommend this memoir.” (read more at Reader Views)
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