Ebook: A hundred thousand white stones: an ordinary tibetan's extraordinary journey

Front Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1. The Invasion; 2. My Parents; 3. Fresh-Air Childhood; 4. A Blessing from the Panchen Lama; 5. A Little Education; 6. Life in the Village; 7. Tibetan Cooking; 8. Losar; 9. My Father's Drinking; 10. A Tragic Turning Point; 11. How I Became a Nun; 12. The Meditation Retreat and the Bad News; 13. A Tough Year; 14. Preparing for India; 15. Escape; 16. Welcome to Nepal; 17. My First Taste of Freedom; 18. Dharamsala at Last; 19. Life on My Own; 20. Fiasco at the Disco; 21. Evan Returns to America; 22. The Worst Thing I've Ever Done.;A Hundred Thousand White Stones is one young Tibetan woman's fearlessly told story of longing and change. Kunsang Dolma writes with unvarnished candor of the hardships she experienced as a girl in Tibet, violations as a refugee nun in India, and struggles as an immigrant and new mother in America. Yet even in tribulation, she finds levity and never descends to self-pity. We watch in wonder as her unlikely choices and remarkable persistence bring her into ever-widening circles, finding love and a family in the process, and finally bringing her back to her childhood home. A Hundred Thousand White Stones offers an honest assessment of what is gained in pursuing life in the developed world and what is lost.