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Trungpas account of his experiences as a young monk, his duties as the abbot and spiritual head of a great monastery, and his moving relationships with his teachers offers a rare and intimate glimpse into the life of a tibetan lamachogyam trungpa -meditation master, scholar, and artist - was the founder of the naropa institute in boulder, colorado, and of shambala training among his other books are the sacred path of warrior, meditation in action, and the heart of the buddhatop editorial reviews - amazon ch?gyam trungpa?meditation master, scholar, and artist?was identified at the age of only thirteen months as a major tulku, or reincarnation of an enlightened teacher as the eleventh in the teaching lineage known as the trungpa tulkus, he underwent a period of intensive training in mediation, philosophy, and fine arts, receiving full ordination as a monk in 1958 at the age of eighteen the following year, the chinese communists invaded tibet, and the young trungpa spent many harrowing months trekking over the himalayas, narrowly escaping capture trungpas account of his experiences as a young monk, his duties as the abbot and spiritual head of a great monastery, and his moving relationships with his teachers 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 an epilogue, he describes his emigration to the west, where he encountered many people eager to learn about the ancient wisdom of tibetan buddhism

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