Wildmind Meditation News
Mar 20, 2012
Meet the monk who spent spent 19 years in one room after China invaded Tibet
Joyce Morgan, Sydney Morning Herald: After China invaded Tibet in 1959, a young monk went into solitary confinement. He remained in a tiny dark room in the capital Lhasa for 19 years.
Choden Rinpoche’s confinement was self-imposed and he spent the two decades secretly meditating and reciting sacred texts he had memorised.
Rinpoche had none of the ritual objects, no altar, or books associated with a monk, just a set of rosary beads he hid under his blanket. Even retaining these was dangerous.
“If you kept even one scripture text, that is a serious crime – more serious than keeping a gun,” he said through an …
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