Biography & Autobiography : Religious

Nikolai Grozni was a music prodigy, a jazz pianist. training at the prestigious Berklee College of Music. in Boston, when suddenly he decided to transform. his life. He moved to India to become a Buddhist. monk—shaving his head, learning Tibetan, and donning. long traditional robes. In the Himalayas—living. in a hut a stone’s throw from the Dalai Lama’s compound—. Grozni became entrenched in a sometimes. comical, sometimes reverent, always intriguing. community comprised of feisty nuns, bossy monks,. violent chess players, demanding teachers, and a. spectacular friend called Tsar, a fallen monk from. Bosnia. Grozni went to India in search of knowledge, but. learns that the people who can teach him the. most are not wearing uniforms and following special. diets, but rather those who, like him, struggle with. doubts and cannot accept an established system of. faith. Instead, he journeys with his colorful cast of. friends to a new understanding of himself and his. place in the world. Like Anne Lamott or Elizabeth Gilbert, Nikolai. Grozni offers the insights of a religious pilgrim. from the inside—in his case, from a male, Buddhist. perspective. Thoughtful, funny, and elegantly written,. Turtle Feet details the reality of a world much. mythologized in the West and tells a wonderfully. bittersweet story of a spiritual journey. more...

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