Turtle Feet : The Making and Unmaking of a Buddhist Monk (Paperback)

from mandojoe

I enjoyed this book. The protagonist is personable and his adventures colorful. But, really, the book doesn't deliver the sort of information that I hoped it to discover: a clear depiction of monk training in Dharamsala. Instead, we have the typical story of a young naif encountering "life" in un...

from akerr

An interesting take on the experience of studying Buddhism as an ordained monk in India. He was a serious but somewhat skeptical student who befriended an odd bunch of other Western spiritual seekers and eventually decided to move on. This didn't go very deep and I hope he does a follow up with m...

from Lenaphoenix

Nikolai Grozni was a childhood piano prodigy well on his way to becoming a professional jazz musician when a sudden metaphysical crisis caused him to drop out of the Berklee College of Music and move to India to become a Tibetan Buddhist monk. Turtle Feet is Grozni's articulate and thoughtful mem...