“Michael Dobbs-Higginson is a Rhodesian farmer’s son – and a Buddhist monk, who became an international financier and independent entrepreneur, traversing the globe from fast-developing Asia Pacific to the capitalist West and back. He is all paradox, which worries him not at all – powered by curiosity while dogged by ill health, a devoted family man who was rarely at home, a self-reflective soul and an adventurer and risk-taker, who has enjoyed plunder and survived shipwrecks like his pirate ancestor. A ‘full life’ is an understatement.”

VICTORIA GLENDINNING

“I have spent my life since my monastic sojourn attempting to be a raindrop in the ocean. I have had a lot of enjoyment along the way, and the process, including its failures, has never been less than fascinating. Having learned to be fully engaged by life, I have not been bored for a very long time.”

MICHAEL DOBBS-HIGGINSON