Born in tibet

Chögyam 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.