{"product_id":"from-a-mountain-in-tibet-a-monks-journey","title":"From a Mountain in Tibet","description":"'\u003cb\u003eBrilliant and riveting. This book shows us that freedom is a choice we can all make\u003c\/b\u003e' Gelong Thubten, author of \u003ci\u003eA Monk's Guide to Happiness\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eA fascinating story of an incredible life, told with unflinching honesty\u003c\/b\u003e' Dr John Sellars author of \u003ci\u003eLessons in Stoicism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ___________________________________________________________________________________\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Lama Yeshe didn't see a car until he was fifteen years old. In his quiet village, he and other children ran through fields with yaks and mastiffs. The rhythm of life was anchored by the pastoral cycles.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The arrival of Chinese army cars in 1959 changed everything. In the wake of the deadly Tibetan Uprising, he escaped to India through the Himalayas 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Written with erudition and humour, \u003ci\u003eFrom a Mountain in Tibet\u003c\/i\u003e shines a light on how the most desperate of situations can help us to uncover vital life lessons and attain lasting peace and contentment.","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"From a Mountain in Tibet : A Monk's Journey","offer_id":46254593343685,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-0-241-98895-4.jpg?v=1779343665","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/from-a-mountain-in-tibet-a-monks-journey","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}