The Magical Journey

An extraordinary life-story of a Tibetan monk and his spiritual path of Yungdrung Bön:Nagru Gelek Jinpa made a life-changing decision at the age ofnineteen to leave behind his life as a shepherd in eastern Tibet and to become a monk. Five years later, after having met a great Bönpomaster, Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche, Gelek escaped from hishomeland to receive teachings on Bön philosophy and its highest system of meditation, dzogchen, from this great master inKathmandu, Nepal.He tells, with deep insight and humour, of his early years as anuneducated boy herding cows, pigs and yaks; of his studies in various monasteries in Tibet and India and finally in Nepal with his beloved master Yongdzin Rinpoche. He also makes a pilgrimage to Tibet in search of the ancient kingdom of Zhang Zhung and exploresage-old holy sites in Nepal. Later on he starts to teach in the West,write books on his adventurous journeys and study filmmaking in Mexico.This thought-provoking and remarkable story of a Tibetan monk andscholar, teacher, author and documentary filmmaker, gives witness tohis extraordinary life and spiritual path linked to Tibet's original cultural and spiritual tradition.