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The Return of the Rishi by Deepak Chopra — WisdomDeck honest review
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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.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Disillusion precedes a new path.
  2. Return to your roots with new eyes.
  3. The physician must heal the physician.

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