Rude Awakenings and Great Patient One by Ajahn Sucitto and Nick Scott are based on the notes of their six months pilgramage, retracing the footsteps of the Buddha thorugh India. Rude Awakenings and the sequel Great Patient One are the heady record of survival and spirituality set against the dramatic backdrop of one of India?s most lawless regions. Ajahn Sucitto is a monk from the Thai Theravada Buddhist tradition and Nick Scott is botanist and ecologist from Ireland.