From a Mountain In Tibet
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  • Published: 8 August 2023
  • ISBN: 9780241988954
  • Imprint: Penguin Life
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $26.00

From a Mountain In Tibet

A Monk’s Journey

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8 Aug 2023
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27 Aug 2020
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27 Aug 2020
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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 and 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 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 centre in the west - Lama Yeshe reflects on his turbulent life and his learnings on self-compassion, discipline, loss and failure.
  • Published: 8 August 2023
  • ISBN: 9780241988954
  • Imprint: Penguin Life
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $26.00
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Praise for From a Mountain In Tibet

This is a fascinating story of an incredible life, told with unflinching honesty

Dr John Sellars author of 'Lessons in Stoicism'

Brilliant and riveting. This book shows us that freedom is a choice we can all make

Gelong Thubten, author of 'A Monk's Guide to Happiness'

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

The Sunday Times

Beautifully written

Chloe Brotheridge author of The Anxiety Solution

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

The Sunday Business Post

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

The Sunday Times

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

The Sunday Business Post

Brilliant and riveting. This book shows us that freedom is a choice we can all make

Gelong Thubten, author of A Monk's Guide to Happiness

Beautifully written

Chloe Brotheridge author of The Anxiety Solution