Books published by Nathan

A fascinating, often humorous and brutally honest look at the journey of a monk, a yogi, specifically focusing on the sexual component to a spiritual life. Vanek had spent seven years as a Vippassana Buddhist Bikkhu and over forty years as a Bramachari Yogi. He lived in the mid-ranges of the Himalayas studying, teaching and running a business in religious icons for over twenty-five years. ''Unprotected Sects'' is both his story and a description of the celibate-bramachari lifestyle he embraced. While people have many ideas about bramacharya, Vanek attempts to describe the reality, along with the rewards and possible pitfalls..

This collection of fictional short stories, along with its poetry, create quite a magical journey for the reader. The tales are set in Canada's Gulf Islands or the Indian Deccan, the Gatineau Hills or Himalayan Mountains. There are few books available that describe all these regions so beautifully and with as much depth.