“I was in no hurry to become a believer, but perceived Buddhism more like a psychological researcher. Later I learned that Buddha himself advised to treat all his words this way: “Take nothing on faith, check everything from your own experience...”. Anyway, on January 8, 1994, I shaved my head and became a monk of the Nipponzan Myohoji Order. Six months later it was time to go to Japan. Sensei decided that we would go to Japan through China.” Then there were India and Nepal, then again China and Japan. Five years of wandering in a yellow robe and with a drum in his hands. And five volumes of diaries are in front of you.