THE LHASA TRILOGY

Lecture and meditation with Award winning author Gary D. Conrad WHEN: Thursday, May 15, 2014 WHERE: Unity Spiritual Life Center, 5603 NW 41st, OKC, OK 73122 TIME: 7pm 8:30pm Book signing to follow!

The Lhasa Trilogy is a tale which spans multiple decades and two continents. Matthew Johnston at the end of his life has but one final goal, which can only be fulfilled through the mysteries of Tibetan Buddhism. Matthew is a man raised in a fundamentalist Christian family in rural Oklahoma, but after a series of tragic experiences in his life, has lost any shred of spirituality. His only hope of fulfilling his one last ambition, a way of redeeming his life, is pinned to Lama Tenzin Tashi, a Buddhist monk in Tibet. Gary Conrad uses richly-textured flashbacks of the early lives of these two men in rural Oklahoma and rural Tibet to weave the story of The Lhasa Trilogy, as Matthew's ambition becomes Tenzin's final life effort as well. Highly recommended. Review by Chris Corbett The Lhasa Trilogy has received numerous book awards: 2013 Nautilus Silver Award Fiction; 2012 International Book Award Fiction/New Age and also Fiction/Visionary; 2012 FPA Presidents Book Awards Book Design Cover Silver Medal This intriguing novel by Gary Conrad brings together East and West and shines an interesting light on The Tibetan Book of the Dead and reincarnation. Enjoy it --- I certainly did!Ram Dass Author: Be Here Now

About the Author Gary Conrad is a native Oklahoman who lives with his wife, Sheridan, and their dog, Inky, in Edmond, Oklahoma. His interests include Tibetan rights, meditation, the music of Joseph Haydn, organic gardening, choral work and wilderness hiking. In addition to practicing emergency medicine he has completed the fellowship in integrative medicine at the University of Arizona. Accompanied by his wife he made an expedition to Tibet and Japan in 2008 to gather firsthand information for The Lhasa Trilogy.