Watch the Emmy award-winning film Tashi and the Monk to learn how former Buddhist monk Lobsang Phuntsok
raises and educates vulnerable children as a family at Jhamtse Gatsal – a remote children’s community in the foothills of the Himalayas.
Now available with Japanese subtitles
On a remote mountaintop, a brave social experiment is taking place. Committed to raising children with love and compassion, former Buddhist monk Lobsang Phuntsok attempts to heal his own childhood abandonment by adopting 85 unwanted children and growing them as a family at Jhamtse Gatsal, a remote children's community in the foothills of the Himalayas. The film follows Jhamtse's newest arrival, a wild and troubled 5-year-old girl named Tashi, as she learns what love is and how it can help her to heal. Directed by Andrew Hinton & Johnny Burke. If you would like to show Tashi and The Monk to a group or buy a copy for your school, college, or university, don't hesitate to get in touch with us.
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