“Being imprisoned you are not physically free; also your voice is not free, but your state of mind cannot be imprisoned by others, only by yourself. The prison guards had no idea what I was thinking or imagining, so I was free to remember the Three Jewels, and I thought of them as often as I wanted. I was also free to remember my own root guru and do any other practices that I could remember as much as I could. There was nothing the guards could do to control that.” – Adeu Rinpoche
More than a prison memoir, Freedom In Bondage is infused with Adeu Rinpoche’s equanimity and wisdom, and demonstrates the remarkable way in which he imparted Buddhist teachings. His life story and profound observations present a compassionate face to the hardship he and so many others endured and triumphed over, inspiring a book that is rich in spiritual realization, pith instructions, and human dignity.
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