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The Return of the Rishi
by Deepak Chopra
Chopra's memoir of medical training in India and America, disillusion with Western medicine, and the turn to Ayurveda and meditation. The origin story, told with warmth.
Read it if…
you want to know how Chopra became Chopra.
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Skip it if…
you want his teaching; this is biography.
Try instead: Surprised by Joy →
Three things you will actually use
- Disillusion precedes a new path.
- Return to your roots with new eyes.
- The physician must heal the physician.
Do this first
Read the chapters on his residency.
Our verdict
The origin story.
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