Born in Tibet (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | Chogyam Trungpa | knygos.lt

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ChögyamTrungpa—meditation master, scholar, and artist—was identified at the age ofonly thirteen months as a major tulku,or reincarnation of an enlightened teacher. As the eleventh in the teachinglineage known as the Trungpa tulkus, he underwent a period of intensivetraining in mediation, philosophy, and fine arts, receiving full ordination asa monk in 1958 at the age of eighteen. The following year, the ChineseCommunists invaded Tibet, and the young Trungpa spent many harrowing monthstrekking over the Himalayas, narrowly escaping capture.

Trungpa'saccount of his experiences as a young monk, his duties as the abbot andspiritual head of a great monastery, and his moving relationships with histeachers offers a rare and intimate glimpse into the life of a Tibetan lama.The memoir concludes with his daring escape from Tibet to India. In anepilogue, he describes his emigration to the West, where he encountered manypeople eager to learn about the ancient wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism.