Jay Shetty , GRK Murthy (Translator)

Author Jay Shetty aims to elevate us from the negativity, anxiety, and hopelessness of today’sworld in his book THINK LIKE A MONK: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day, to bepublished by Simon and Schuster on April 14. Drawing on both Jay’s experience as a monk in aHindu ashram and his post-monk life as an influential thinker and spiritual guide, Think Like aMonk distills monk wisdom into practical, everyday steps anyone can take to live a less anxious,more meaningful life.How can we transform our experience of life today? Jay says, “When I trained as a monk, Ifound that monks are able to remain centered and calm amid all the chaos that life throws atus. Monks are the absolute experts in mastering their minds. I wrote THINK LIKE A MONK inorder to help everyone access the same mindset, the same thinking patterns, the sameprocesses that help monks find peace, balance, and purpose.”Like his monk teachers, Jay draws from the Bhagavad Gita, a sacred Indian text based on theUpanishads, writings from around 800-400 BCE. In a world where people are constantly lookingfor answers, Jay believes the wisdom for how to find peace and purpose has been here allalong.***Born in north London in 1987, Jay and his sister were raised in a middle-class Indian family.Until the age of 14, Jay did well in school, stayed out of trouble and tried his best to live up tohis parents’ high expectations. But he was a shy, introverted young boy who was bullied forbeing overweight and a little nerdy. When he started secondary school, things changed. Hebegan playing soccer and rugby, became more p