An engaging, often humorous account of a young, well-traveled journalist"s intitiation into the Pah Nauchet monastery, deep in the jungles of Thailand. By turns iconoclastic and inspiring, What the Buddha Never Taught takes readers on a remarkable pilgrimage, in which author Tim Ward took his vow, shaved his head and eyebrows, and struggled to obey the 227 precepts originally set down by Buddha over 2,500 years ago.