The Beautiful Life of Jayananda Thakur

WHO IS JAYANANDA? Why is he regarded by so many as a saint? This is a book about love, friendship, religion, and hope. In 1974, Vishoka was a young man looking for his place in life when he met Jayananda (Jil Kohr), a regular American guy who was becoming a living saint in a ancient faith tradition. The gentle friendship of this humble man transformed Vishoka's life, and has transformed countless others in the years since Jayananda's seemingly tragic death from leukemia in 1977. Vishoka's tribute to Jayananda, in the form of these touching and something folksy remembrances of his own, plus others received through e-mails, portrays the beauty of something rarely seen-a genuinely happy man, experiencing a perfect life the death. No matter what our faith, we are inspired anew as Vishoka's story unfolds about learning to love life as Jayananda did, by loving God with all our heart, and all our souls, and loving our neighbors as ourselves. Pages 162