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Nikolai Grozni, a former Berklee jazz prodigy, renounces his music career to become a Buddhist monk in India. Shaving his head, learning Tibetan, and donning traditional robes, he lives in a Himalayan hut near the Dalai Lama’s compound. Grozni’s memoir recounts his encounters with feisty nuns, bossy monks, chess‑playing colleagues, demanding teachers, and a former Bosnian monk friend named Tsar. Through these interactions, he discovers that the most profound teachers are those who, like him, wrestle with doubts rather than unquestioningly follow established rites. "Turtle Feet" presents his spiritual journey in a thoughtful, humorous, and eloquently written account that offers a candid look at Buddhist monastic life for a Western audience.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Autobiography
Authors: Nikolai Grozni
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