From Gangs to Saints

Marsus travels the world and several times faces death. This crazy life of his continues until he gets locked up in a prison cell for being leader of a criminal gang in Germany. And it's only then, in silence, that he manages to calm his mind and achieve his first spiritual awakening.

A caterpillar starts to turn into a butterfly. Marsus spends one year of intensive meditation, studying psychological literature and the Holy Scriptures. He psychoanalyzes himself, trying to understand how he formed to be the man he has become. This story ends when the court releases him after the main charges are withdrawn from his case. The old Marsus dies in prison. He is now curious about his life is going to unfold for him now that he is a new person with a spiritual outlook on life.


Writer Martynas Driukas is a Reiki and Yoga teacher, NLP and business coach, a rebirthing - breathwork instructor, writer and lecturer. Through his teachings, he shares his personal experience and knowledge on various topics: Tantra, motivation, conflict resolution, habits, relationships and much more. Martynas Driukas' Guru is Swami Shankarananda Giri, who belongs to the Kriya Yoga tradition of Mahavatar Babaji's (Paramhansa Yogananda talks about him in his book "Autobiography of a Yogi").

As a writer Martynas Driukas goes by the name Sanjayananda (the one who conquers self and achieves bliss). In his book "From Gangs to Saints" Martynas tells his personal journey from playing a leading role in the criminal world in Eastern Europe to becoming a man he is today - an example, a priest, inspiring everyone that comes across his teachings.