From a Mountain in Tibet

A Monk’s Journey

By: Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche

Narrated by: John Sackville

Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins

Publisher's summary

Brought to you by Penguin.

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 70s 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.

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

Captivating

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

So inspiring

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!!

Finished within a span of 24 hours

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!

Inspirational life story + Buddhist teaching

Loved it. Very inspirational. Yesterday Rinpoche tells his story of how he was a "hooligan" before deciding to start his transformation at the age of 36.

Captivating

A very moving book. My only wish is the editor would have stated Buddha's birthplace as Lumbini, Nepal not Gaya, India.
Other than that what a riveting book this was. Heart warming story.
Much respect to Yeshe Losal Rinpoche. 🙏

Beautiful

Such an inspiring spiritual journey. I would highly recommend, especially if you’re interested in Buddhism or meditation.

outstanding

One of the best books I've read in a while, and it is for Buddhist and non-Buddhist alike.
What a life this man has lived.

excellent

i purchased this book unknowing this exact person. though have been exposed to a large amount of the people around him in some fashions at least. Surprisingly this is the fastest book i ever finished. Very good read for the western mind.

Absolutely wonderful to read.

I loved nearly every aspect of this book. The story and what Tibet had to go through when China invaded them is tragic, yet very intriguing, and hearing/reading a first hand account followed by everything else that happened in Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoches life was a beautiful story. Highly recommend

A wonderful biography and more

This book is moving helpful and true and a great resource for spiritual seekers beginners and experienced