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From a Mountain In Tibet

A Monk’s Journey

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Lama Yeshe didn't see a car until he was 15-years-old.

In his quiet village, he and other children ran in fields with yaks and mastiffs. The rhythm of life was anchored by the pastoral cycles. Food was carefully apportioned and eaten together, everyone was family.

The arrival of Chinese army cars one day in 1959 changed everything. In the wake of the deadly Tibetan Uprising, he escaped to India through the Himalayas to start over as a refugee. One of only 13 survivors out of 300 travellers, he spent the next few years in America, experiencing the excesses of the Woodstock generation before reforming in Europe.

Now in his seventies and a leading monk at the Samye Ling monastery in Scotland - the first Buddhist centre in the West - Lama Yeshe casts a hopeful look back at his momentous life. From his learnings on self-compassion and discipline to his trials and tribulations with loss and failure, his poignant story mirrors our own struggles.

Written with erudition and humour, From a Mountain in Tibet shines a light on how the most desperate of situations can help us to uncover vital life lessons and attain lasting peace and contentment.

© Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

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This is a fascinating story of an incredible life, told with unflinching honesty
His jovial nature belies his harsh, if colourful, personal journey from hedonistic teen rebel to devoted abbot of the Kagyu Samye Ling monastery, and it's remarkable to comprehend from his new book [...] just how the monk survived to redeem himself
Despite everything he has suffered, his story is a hopeful one and that can inspire others. Spending just a short time in his joyful company, and hearing his extraordinary personal journey, makes his unmovable positivity, forgiveness and tranquillity even more inspirational
Beautifully written
Brilliant and riveting. This book shows us that freedom is a choice we can all make
Inspiring Transformation • Gripping Tale • Excellent Narration • Honest Vulnerability • Spiritual Journey

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This is a wonderful look into Tibetan Buddhism as well as the sad abs first hand account of the invasion of Tibet by the Chinese. Lama Yeshe delivers a clear message perfect for our current times. It is a message of healing through expanding our awareness of mind, the cause of our trouble in the first place. He illustrates this with true accounts and obstacles he faced through this life. The take away...indeed the obstacles are the path. Thank you Yeshe Rinpoche! I felt as if I were with you in those early days in Tibet!!

So inspiring

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I cried, I laughed out loud, the author and reader make it so relatable and comfortable, it's like I'm listening to a close friend telling his exciting life story. Thank you for sharing such deep life lessons in a vulnerable and entertaining way!

Finished within a span of 24 hours

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This is a wonderful story and the narrator does an excellent job reading it. I listened it to it twice. Thank you, Lama Yeshe.

Captivating

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I wish everybody the good fortune to encounter and resolve to read this book. It is so incredibly insightful, moving, and inspiring.

May this message find you and inspire you to read this book, and may this book inspire you to find the true compassion and happiness that are latent within yourself.

Please read this book.

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The story of a teenage Tibetan boy who fled his country at the beginning of the Chinese occupation. A heroic journey over the Himalayas, struggles adapting to new countries and cultures, and his inspiring way to becoming a lama. A brilliant and engaging story for everyone.

Enthralling and Inspiring Biography

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