The Last Bowl of Rice (Paperback)
Idioma: inglés
Editorial: Shaundra J Woodmore Madison, 2026
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Librería: AussieBookSeller, Truganina, VIC, AustraliaAussieBookSeller
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Paperback. On a remote mountain, an aging monk named Silas has spent years mastering hunger, silence, and the discipline of letting go. During a brutal winter storm, he prepares what may be his final meal: a single bowl of rice. There is no more grain in the temple, no flour in the pantry, and the mountain path will soon become impassable. For Silas, the bowl represents more than food-it is the last thing he can call his own.Just as he is about to eat, a desperate stranger pounds on the temple door. Silas must confront the very attachment he has spent decades trying to transcend. The stranger is starving, and the monk realizes that his carefully cultivated peace means nothing if it cannot respond to another person's suffering.Silas gives him the entire bowl.The stranger eats every grain without gratitude or ceremony. Yet in watching another human being survive, Silas experiences a profound transformation. His hunger remains, but his sense of possession disappears. The empty bowl becomes a symbol of liberation rather than deprivation-the death of the "I" that insists on keeping what it has.Elsewhere in Blackwood Valley, billionaire businessman Julian Mercer arrives intending to oversee a corporate project that will destroy the struggling village. Disguised as a beggar, he enters Asher's temple and receives the monk's final bowl of rice. Asher offers it without asking for his identity, money, or anything in return. Julian eats desperately, but the simple act of receiving an unconditional gift begins to dismantle the worldview that has governed his life.Julian eventually realizes that the project threatening the valley is built upon the same philosophy of extraction that has defined his family for generations. The bowl of rice becomes the turning point. He abandons the corporate strategy, returns toward the village, and begins confronting the human consequences hidden behind his company's numbers.The Last Bowl of Rice is ultimately a story about hunger, sacrifice, compassion, and the discovery that true abundance does not come from possessing more-but from being willing to give when you have almost nothing left. When a solitary monk's final meal is offered to a desperate wanderer, a single act of selfless sacrifice sparks a profound transformation that challenges the greed of the powerful and redefines the meaning of true abundance. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…
N° de ref. del artículo 9798256296414
- Título
- The Last Bowl of Rice (Paperback)
- Autor
- Shaundra Madison
- Editorial
- Shaundra J Woodmore Madison
- Año de publicación
- 2026
- Estado
- new
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- Idioma
- inglés
- ISBN 13
- 9798256296414
On a remote mountain, an aging monk named Silas has spent years mastering hunger, silence, and the discipline of letting go. During a brutal winter storm, he prepares what may be his final meal: a single bowl of rice. There is no more grain in the temple, no flour in the pantry, and the mountain path will soon become impassable. For Silas, the bowl represents more than food-it is the last thing he can call his own.Just as he is about to eat, a desperate stranger pounds on the temple door. Silas must confront the very attachment he has spent decades trying to transcend. The stranger is starving, and the monk realizes that his carefully cultivated peace means nothing if it cannot respond to another person's suffering.Silas gives him the entire bowl.The stranger eats every grain without gratitude or ceremony. Yet in watching another human being survive, Silas experiences a profound transformation. His hunger remains, but his sense of possession disappears. The empty bowl becomes a symbol of liberation rather than deprivation-the death of the "I" that insists on keeping what it has.Elsewhere in Blackwood Valley, billionaire businessman Julian Mercer arrives intending to oversee a corporate project that will destroy the struggling village. Disguised as a beggar, he enters Asher's temple and receives the monk's final bowl of rice. Asher offers it without asking for his identity, money, or anything in return. Julian eats desperately, but the simple act of receiving an unconditional gift begins to dismantle the worldview that has governed his life.Julian eventually realizes that the project threatening the valley is built upon the same philosophy of extraction that has defined his family for generations. The bowl of rice becomes the turning point. He abandons the corporate strategy, returns toward the village, and begins confronting the human consequences hidden behind his company's numbers.The Last Bowl of Rice is ultimately a story about hunger, sacrifice, compassion, and the discovery that true abundance does not come from possessing more-but from being willing to give when you have almost nothing left.
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