{"product_id":"9781614290360","title":"Like a Waking Dream: The Autobiography of Geshe Lhundub Sopa","description":"Among the generation of elder Tibetan lamas who brought Tibetan Buddhism west in the latter half of the twentieth century, perhaps none has had a greater impact on the academic study of Buddhism than Geshe Lhundub Sopa. He has striven to preserve Tibetan religious culture through tireless work as a professor and religious figure, establishing a functioning Buddhist monastery in the West, organizing the Dalai Lama's visits to the U.S., and offering countless teachings across the country. But prior to his thirty-year career in the first ever academic Buddhist studies program in the United States - a position in which he oversaw the training of many among the seminal generation of American Buddhist studies scholars - Geshe Sopa was the son of peasant farmers, a novice monk in a rural monastery, a virtuoso scholar-monk at one of the prestigious central monasteries in Lhasa, and a survivor of the Tibetan uprising and perilous flight into exile in 1959.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLike a Waking Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, Geshe Sopa frankly and observantly reflects on how his life in Tibet - a monastic life of yogic simplicity - shaped and prepared him for the unexpected. His is a tale of an exemplary life dedicated to learning, spiritual cultivation, and the service of others from one of the greatest living masters of Tibetan Buddhism.","brand":"Wisdom Publications MA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151448457456,"sku":"9781614290360","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781614290360_p0.jpg?v=1763849639","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781614290360","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}