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A Step Away from Paradise: The True Story of a Tibetan Lama's Journey to a Land of Immortality
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Review This story - so colorful and illustrative, Joseph Campbell would have thrown his head back in sheer delight had he been able to read it. The reading of the book is spellbinding. A fast-paced "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and a profound peek behind the walls of hidden monasteries. When was the last time you came across a story that so totally captivated your imagination that you put aside doing anything else while you leaned in, nose in the spine, turning page after page and all the while travelling to lands far, far away? And more than a page-turner, a story that sparked your imagination and faith, your wanderings about the possibility of a real heaven on Earth? A story that questioned your conviction and willingness to go on a true quest for a grail that can be found, for a land that holds all the auspiciousness to become the center of a sacred effort to rebuild the world anew with wisdom and great Love? And what if that quest was not only real, but had been pursued in our own lifetime? A Step Away from Paradise delivers in spades all that could possibly be included in an authentic Tibetan quest for the holy grail. I just could not put the book down. It made me smile the whole while I was reading it. It blew on the embers of my own adventurous heart, my own willingness to leave everything and quest for a great revelation, one that could transform our troubled and harsh world into one that was guided by our higher human potentials. A Step Away from Paradise filled me with hope and faith. ~The Artist of Possibility Magazine, 2020 Astonishing, riveting and mind-bending, the book makes one question the very nature of reality... The book reads like a novel, only there are photos of the characters who are interviewed in it, it's gripping - I honestly couldn't put it down, a rare event with a book in my hands - and a truly wonderful read. Highly recommended." ~Sacred Hoop Magazine, 2019 Thomas K. Shor is the ideal person to pursue this project because of his deep understanding of Tibetan people and culture in the Himalayas, acquired over the course of many years, and his ability to make their felt experiences come alive in his writing. The visual component on an undertaking of this nature is essential, and the photographs with which Mr Shor illustrates his narrative are excellent. I believe we need more people like Thomas K. Shor to convey Tibetan knowledge to a wider audience. ~Dr. Charles Ramble, The Oriental Institute, University of Oxford Product Description IT WAS THE EARLY 1960s. The place, a far-off corner of the Himalayas long fabled in Tibetan tradition to be hiding a valley of immortality among its peaks and glaciers—a real-life Shangri-La. They waited generations for the prophesied lama to come, the one with the secret knowledge of how to ‘open’ the Hidden Land. Then, one day, he came. His name was Tulshuk Lingpa.THIS BOOK TELLS THE TRUE STORY of this charismatic visionary lama and his remarkable expedition. Against the wishes of the kings of both Sikkim and Nepal, he and over three hundred followers ventured up the snowy slopes of the third highest mountain of the planet. Their aim: to open a crack in the very fabric of reality and go to a land we would all wish to inhabit if it were only there—a land of peace and concord.FORTY YEARS LATER, the author spends over five years tracking down the surviving members of this extraordinary expedition. He deftly weaves their stories together with humor, wisdom, and scholarly research into Tibetan traditions of Hidden Lands, all the while reflecting on what this means for the rest of us.“Like no other book I have ever read…a riveting tale of adventure…honest to the real spirit of Tibet…both unique and intriguing…an engrossing read. Highly recommended.”Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, from the ForewordFrom Tulshuk Lingpa’s Guidebook to the Hidden Land:“Don’t listen to anybody. Decide by yourself and pract
