From a Mountain in Tibet: A Monk's Journey

The extraordinary story of how a leading Buddhist monk overcame persecution, addiction and trauma to find enlightenment

Lama Yeshe didn't see a car until he was 15 years-old. Growing up in a quiet Tibetan village, he ran in fields with yaks and mastiffs. The passing of time was simply marked by the changing seasons, life was simple and free.

The arrival of the Chinese army one day in 1959 changed his life forever. In the wake of the deadly Tibetan Uprising he escaped through the Himalayas with 300 of his people and found safety in India as a refugee - only 13 survived. He spent the next few years in America, indulging in the excesses of the Woodstock generation. Ignoring his brother for years, he succumbed to the vices of sex and alcohol until one day his brother is killed and he vows to change.

Now in his seventies and abbot of the Samye Ling Monastery - the largest Buddhist center in the west - Lama Yeshe reflects on his turbulent life and his learnings on self-compassion, discipline, loss and failure.

Author: Yeshe Losal Rinpoche
Publisher: Penguin Life
Published: 08/15/2023
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780241988954
ISBN10: 0241988950
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Buddhism | Tibetan
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Religion | Spirituality

About the Author
Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche is the Abbot of Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre, which was established in Scotland in 1967. Lama Yeshe is also the Director of the internationally acclaimed Holy Island Project, and the much loved and respected Retreat and Meditation Master for a host of students from around the world.