Saltwater Buddha: A Surfer’s Quest to Find Zen on the Sea
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Fed up with suburban teenage life, Jaimal Yogis ran off to Hawaii with small more than a copy of Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha and enough cash for a surfboard. His journey is a coming-of-age saga that takes him from communes to monasteries and the icy New York shore. Equal parts spiritual memoir and surfer’s tale, this is a chronicle of finding meditative focus in the barrel of a wave and eternal truth in the fantastic salty blue.
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first of all, i don’t despise this book, the quality of writing is fantastic, i like to surf too, so that appealed to me, i know a bit about buddhism and meditation, so i get that and i also like to travel a bit too, so on paper this book ticks all the boxes, i’m just not sure there is enough to go at with this book to make it a worthwhile exercise.
yogis biographical telling of his youth, surfing and spiritual enlghtenment permanently seemed to be too vague, i would’ve preferred him to write more, not skipping over details, more insight into his family tree life, upbringing, motivation etc. the book is over 200 pages, but there are too many chapters, sub-chapters, massive margins and text around 14 point with huge spacing. really this book is probably 50 pages or less at a predictable 10 point novel text size. this alone makes me feel there’s an element of insecurity and a lack of professionalism about the book and gave the impression it was aimed at a young audience, though i don’t reflect it is.
yogis tale is slightly predictable in terms of the links between spirituality and surfing, a touch of localism, a sketchy father/son relationship, he just doesn’t go into enough detail about these things. it has all the potential of an exciting journey, years of travelling and surfing, searching out the very depths of yogis soul, his calling in life, but in the end becomes a list of places, a quick delve into buddhism, learning some surfing, then off to the next destination.
the thing with a sport like surfing is it’s nearly impossible to place into words lacking doing it, hence there being so few appealing surfing books. they rarely get past the stage of explaining to a non-surfer what surfing is like. you find this with additional sport/lifestyle related books, that the leader’s exuberance and like for what they’re doing doesn’t reasonably translate through the writing in an appealing way, nearly as if they reflect that what they’re feeling will straight away be inpregnated into the ink. for this reason the book feels slightly thin of any real content, slightly like you’ve just skipped though 10 years of things happening over the space of 15 lines of text.
all in all, it isn’t that i can’t see the merits of this book, it’s more that i can see yogis potential as a writer and as a name who has taken a unique path to their goal, just the book didn’t give me enough of this to really find it that enchanting or exciting.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
This book came into my life unexpectedly. And as permanently, it’s just the right one for this moment! From the first pages, Jaimal caught me in his light but personal recounting of his life tale.
I’m not a practicing Buddhist – although I’m spiritual and familiar with some of the principles. And I’m barely a beginner surfer. Nevertheless, Jaimals open heart narrative speaks momentously to me. I can find myself in many of his tales, his experiences are wonderfully human and his writing drops you right into his heart. It bursts with quotes and I’m usually rather annoyed with feeling like I *should* read them and not automatically seeing the value but not in Saltwater Buddha! Jaimal has an mysterious talent to pick the right quote for the right chapter, and they’re permanently clear, understandable, unpretentious and wise.
Plus, no kidding, I got a bunch of helpful tips for surfing. Nothing technical, just notes on the mindset and the power of thoughts and beliefs. Can’t wait to try it out in the water (um, no monster waves yet, please!).
His tone is never preaching, never whoo-whoo, never dull and never superficial. Permanently light, full of humor, inspiring and wise. It’s a gorgeous tale about growing up, full of life. And it’s much more than that: It is about finding yourself. In the excellent moments and in the midst of the daily grind. In cool waters as well as in turmoil. It’s about long-suffering yourself for who you are and building the best out of job and additional duties. Of just enjoying the ride!
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
Every now and then in life you come across something that just resonates with something deep inside of you. It’s hard to clarify what it is, but you feel so connected to that moment in time. It may come disguised as a like-at-first-sight encounter with a name, or it maybe just a song that connects you with your surrounding as you drive a convertible on a sunny spring day. But that moment may come, your whole being somehow instinctively knows it’s special; it feels so truly effortless, gorgeous and right. This is how I came to meet Saltwater Buddha.
For 18 years I had been in the corporate environment living the so called excellent life; I had the red sports car, never apprehensive about money, I lived on a tropical white sandy beach, had gorgeous blondes and brunettes and more sex than any man could want in a life time. And yet within all this so called “success” my world felt hollow and void. The only time I felt really fulfilled was when I was in the water. Surfing and, especially bodyboarding, gave me this incredible peace and joy that some how quenched my soul. It wasn’t long before I realized that I couldn’t continue with that kind of life long career and lifestyle. So I did what the water element in me does best, I flowed around it and stirred on.
It’s been 28 months since I flowed past that part of my life. I stirred back to the USA, read many excellent books and spent all my money on charitable causes. And even though I financially went broke, I felt this incredible sense of peace and a feeling that something much larger & bolder is awaiting me. In fact, so secure was my feeling, that with my last few dollars to my name, I came across Saltwater Buddha and bought it lacking indecision. Right from the start, as I started reading the book, I felt like I was transported back to my ole tropical surf breaks, sitting on my board, waiting for THE wave of the day and for that “only-a-surfer-knows” sensation of racing down the face of a wave. This book has become to some extent of a pure tie to my life and the signifcance of what being in the ocean means to me. If you’re some young charging ripper looking for a surfing suspense fix in a book, this is not it. This book is really about our relationship to our experiences and how they come to shape us. It’s a book about our awakenings and how we connect to them. I highly recommend this book to you; may you find comfort in its words like I have. Thank you for reading my review, I wish you peace and excellent waves in your journey. D
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
I really loved this book for so many personal reasons. I appreciate the writer’s down to planet outlook on Zen and I felt he made the highly intricate yet simple philosophy of Zen Buddhism approachable and meaningful on an instinctual level. I also establish his like affair of surfing so inspiring and although I have tried surfing before and I find it to be exhilarating and down right scary, he made me uncover my own desire to seek the sea again. I like the ending in which he speaks of being lost and being ok with that feeling. The best lesson I took away from this book was his analogy of paddling out and the right work of life. This book is such a gem.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
You know you are reading a fantastic book when you are starving, 10 feet away from a place to order food and you can’t place the book down long enough to go eat. Thanks to the leader for getting me reconnected with my interest in meditation, Buddhism, and back to surfing!
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5