EXCERPT: SEEKING SPIRIT: A Vietnamese (Non)Buddhist Memoir

EXCERPT: SEEKING SPIRIT: A Vietnamese (Non)Buddhist Memoir

Excerpted with Permission from Guernica Editions On the same tour that Má and Jen and I took in Vietnam after the end of the mourning period for Bà Ngoại, we travelled from Hà Nội to Hạ Long Bay. Sitting in a boat on the bay, I was mesmerized by the cobalt clear water rippling across the crystal surface. Jagged grey limestone peaks emerged from the depths. Luminous azure sky stretched and expanded into empty spaces. Everything here had been scul…