Running Toward Mystery: The Adventure of an Unconventional Life

Title: Running Toward Mystery: The Adventure of an Unconventional Life Author: Tenzin Priyadarshi ISBN: 9781984819857 Publisher: Random House Published: 2020 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Publisher Description: A revered Buddhist monk tells the bracing and beautiful story of a singular life compelled to contemplation, sharing lessons about the power of mentorship and an open mind "A necessary and captivating narrative of spiritual courage and truth seeking far beyond the veil of our contemporary delusions."--Sting Born in India to a prominent Hindu Brahmin family, the Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi was only six years old when he began having visions of a mysterious mountain peak, and of men with shaved heads wearing robes the color of sunset. "It was as vivid as if I were watching a scene from life," he writes. And so at the age of ten, he ran away from boarding school to find this place--taking a train to the end of the