The Boy Who Gave Everything Away

A Bhakti House Story

von The Bhakti House

278 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

What if surrender isn't about giving everything away-but learning what is actually worth keeping?Nineteen-year-old Kevin Brooks has had enough of the person he used to be.After academic failure, months of hiding behind video games, and lies he can no longer maintain, Kevin discovers bhakti and becomes convinced that the answer is complete renunciation. He quits his job, gives away nearly everything he owns, shaves his head, takes the name Kiran, and travels to The Bhakti House in Jackson, Michigan, with twelve dollars in his wallet and a plan to leave his old life behind.There is only one problem.Nobody at The Bhakti House is impressed.Instead of welcoming him into an ashram, Chandra sends Kevin home. He tells him to repair his relationship with his family, return to work, deal honestly with school, get appropriate help for his anxiety, and learn whether his devotion can survive ordinary life.Kevin is furious.He comes back anyway.Through kirtan, prasadam, service, friendship, counseling, work, family reconciliation, and the increasingly complicated presence of a young woman named Anjali, Kevin begins discovering a form of spiritual life far more demanding than simply walking away.He had believed that surrender meant becoming less and less until only Krishna remained. Now he must confront a much harder possibility: What if Krishna never wanted Kevin to disappear?Warm, humorous, spiritually thoughtful, and deeply human, The Boy Who Gave Everything Away is a Bhakti House story about renunciation and responsibility, anxiety and identity, family and first love, and the difference between escaping the world and learning how to offer your life within it.

• ISBN: 9798193691112
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 19.08.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp