Back Over the Mountains: A Journey to the Buddha Within
Author:
Jane Marshall
Category:
Biography & Memoir
ISBN: 9789384544362
Binding: Paperback
Dimensions: 216 x 140 mm
Number of Pages: 304
Back Over the Mountains is the true story of unexpected friendship between a Buddhist monk seeking to establish himself far from his homeland, and a writer clinging to the remnants of fading borderland culture.
When she unexpectedly meets exiled Tibetan Buddhist monk Kushok Lobsang Dhamchoe, she begins a journey that not only leads her to remote corners of the Himalayas, but into the realm of memory, loss, and acceptance.
From the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet to the secret valley of Tsum, Nepal, Marshall first follows in the footsteps of her teacher before finding the courage to seek out her own spiritual path. While trying to mend Kushok’s broken past, she discovers she’s healing her own, too.
Jane Marshall has created a beautiful narrative with deep philosophical insights hidden in every nook and corner of every sentence. Mountain pebbles, people, wind, and longing are all carefully knitted together to form an inspirational memoir of her travels to Nepal in search for inner peace. This book comes across as transparent, emotional, and enlightening. It is bound to resonate and act as a brightly lit pathway for the ever-searching, travelling soul.
Jane Marshall
Canadian travel writer Jane Marshall grew up in Edmonton, North America’s northernmost major city. It’s where her father died when she was just five years old, propelling her to seek happiness through travel. She graduated from the University of Alberta in 2004 with an English major and Anthropology minor. Since then, she has built her freelance career through magazine and newspaper articles.