{"product_id":"in-the-shadow-of-the-buddha","title":"In the Shadow of the Buddha","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor nearly a decade, Matteo Pistono smuggled out  of Tibet evidence of atrocities by the Chinese government, showing it to  the United States government, human rights organisations, and anyone who would  listen. Yet Pistono did not originally intend to fight for social  justice in Tibet - he had gone there as a Buddhist pilgrim. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Pistono's quest led him to Tibet and to a meditation master  whose spiritual brother is Sogyal Rinpoche, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tibetan Book of Living and Dying\u003c\/i\u003e.  Pistono not only became the master's student but also couriered  messages to him in Tibet from the Dalai Lama in India. This began an  extraordinary, and ultimately vital, adventure. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of the Buddha\u003c\/i\u003e  is a book about Tibet through the eyes of a devotee - a stranger hiding  in plain sight. It's about how a culture's rich spiritual past is  slipping away against the force of a tyrannical future. It's about how  Tibetans live today, and the tenacity of their faith in the future in  spite of dire repression and abuse. It's also about Pistono's own  journey from being a frustrated political activist to becoming a  practicing Buddhist mystic, a man who traveled thousands of miles and  risked his own life to pursue freedom and peace.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hay House UK Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54221625491800,"sku":"9781848504219","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781848504219_f709e0ac-02cc-4327-bc54-bf0a704f85d9.jpg?v=1764396927","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/in-the-shadow-of-the-buddha","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}