Book description
At forty-five, successful businessman Peter Robinson gave up his
comfortable life in London to ordain as a Buddhist monk in Bangkok.
But the new path he had chosen was not always as easy or as
straightforward as he hoped it would be.
In this truly extraordinary memoir, Phra Peter Pannapadipo describes
his ten-year metamorphosis into a practicing Buddhist monk, while
being initiated into the intricacies of an unfamiliar Southeast Asian culture.
Phra Peter tells his story with compassion, humour and unflinching
honesty. It's the story of a 'Phra Farang' - a foreign monk - living
and practicing his faith in an exotic and intriguing land.
Peter Robinson became a Buddhist monk, taking the name Phra Peter
Pannapadiop, at the age of forty-five but now administers SET - the
Students' Education Trust he set up for novices who wished to continue
their education but cannot afford to do so. As monks cannot earn money
or fundraise themselves, he elected to disrobe temporarily.
