Tashi and the Monk

Tashi and the Monk

Tashi and the Monk

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Tashi and the Monk

"How far will kindness take you?"

2015

0h 39m

7.9(12 votes)

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Overview

This moving documentary profiles a former Buddhist monk who runs a home for orphaned children in the Himalayas, and his relationship with its newest arrival, troubled five-year-old Tashi.

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Tashi Drolma

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Lobsang Phuntsok

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