Sangharakshita 
Rainbow Road [EPUB ebook] 

At the age of sixteen Dennis Lingwood discovered that he was – and always had been – a Buddhist. This realization was to act as the motive force behind a life in which Lingwood, now better known as Sangharakshita, has played a major part in the introduction of Buddhism to the West. The Rainbow Road traces Sangharakshita’s development from a childhood dominated by illness and books to homeless wandering and ordination as a Buddhist monk. The Rainbow Road is a remarkable and refreshingly candid record of a journey of spiritual exploration