Rude Awakenings - Forest Sangha Publications

EpilogueSo many people helped us both to make the pilgrimage and then toget this account written. We cannot list them all, not just because ofspace but because many of the names have now gone with the robbery.However, we sincerely want to thank each person who assistedus in some way. Four people in particular require special mention.They helped us write the original account, looking through variousversions of each of the chapters as they got produced over the years,and giving us valuable feedback. They are Ajahn Amaro, AjahnThaniya, Sam Ford, and Sue Lunn-Rockliffe. Finally, there is ourpatient and understanding editor at Wisdom, David Kittelstrom, whohelped us get to this final form.Eventually we did manage to continue the pilgrimage. It became avery different journey. We had little money, fewer possessions, and fewerillusions. We left the Ganges plain to walk through the forested hills tothe south. We visited the other Buddhist holy places, and then climbedthrough the Himalayas to end in a high valley on the Tibetan border.We had many more adventures and met a lot of wildlife, including atiger. One day we would like to publish the account of the second part.In it we share the lessons we learned from undertaking the whole epicadventure.On our return Ajahn Sucitto was made the abbot of ChithurstMonastery. Initially Nick would come to stay temporarily to work onthis book, but realising how difficult things were for his old companion,2 8 7