Excerpt from Book Two - Chapter 8:
"The first encounter I had with my Lama in prison was as simple as that, but due to this great blessing, I was saved from my downfall. In the beginning, prison to me was the worst of hell. In the middle, after I met Khenpo Munsel Rinpoche, the hard labor which I had thought as painful and fruitless ever so slowly became my daily Dharma practice. At the end, due to the unrepayable kindness and profundity of my master, prison became like a land of jewels, and the hatred and anger toward my enemies ended up being completely transformed. I did not return from the prison empty-handed. Suffering, the source of pain, became the catalyst. I was able to develop genuine altruistic aspiration under the guidance of Khenpo Munsel, and through that, to fulfill the purpose of my human birth in this lifetime. But I also would not hesitate to say that the real Lama, the real teacher who gave me the most invaluable instructions was actually suffering. Suffering was my greatest teacher."

Book Two, designed and crafted with great care, aesthetic flair, and with love and gratitude, consists of 480 pages, including forewords from H.H.the Dalai Lama, Garchen Rinpoche and Mindrolling Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche, and over 58 pages of full-color photos, some of which have been collected by the author on her lone trip to Lhasa in 2014 and have never been released in the past, and many other beautiful elements of surprise! From the very depths of our hearts, we pray that our collective efforts and aspirations, as writer and readers of the 8th Garchen Rinpoche's life stories, become a source of never-ending dedication toward the full awakening of everyone--our enemies, our loved ones, ourselves, and all being--now and for all lives to come. As we read, may true comprehension take hold of us, and through the living transmission and teaching Garchen Rinpoche has entrusted us with, through his life stories, may trust in karma and Bodhicitta arise, deepen & spread!
The Lama of Many Lifetimes: Touching the Living Heart of Garchen Rinpoche (Book Two: Perfection of Liberation (1958- 1980), Sue-Sue (Tam Bao Dan), Milam Bardo Publications, Paperback, 480 pp, $33.00

Sue-Sue (Tam Bao Dan) immigrated to the United States from Vietnam in 1975 at the age of thirteen and met Garchen Rinpoche at the Tibetan Meditation Center in Maryland in 1999. She has served as an English-Vietnamese interpreter for H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama, H.H. the 17th Karmapa, H.H. the 37th Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche, Kyabje Garchen Triptrul Rinpoche, and other Tibetan masters from all four lineages. She has translated, edited, and published Dharma books from English into Vietnamese, and vice-versa, and founded Viet Nalanda Foundation, an International non-sectarian network for Vietnamese Tibetan Buddhists. In 2010, thirty-five years after leaving her homeland, she organized and accompanied Gtarchen Rinpoche on his first visit to Vietnam.

Benefactors of Love, Benefactors of Patience by Garchen Rinpoche
Phenomena and Root of Suffering: Calligraphy by Garchen Rinpoche
Foreword by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama	1
Long Life Prayers for Garchen Rinpoche by H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama	3
Foreword by Mindrolling Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche	5
Preface	10
With Heartfelt Appreciation	11
Dedication	16
I Am Only Afraid of Karma by Garchen Rinpoche	20
Wisdom and Compassion Will Set Us Free by the Dalai Lama	21
Instruction for the Gar Tulku by Rinchen Phutnsok	23
Chapter 1: Left-Behind	29
Chapter 2: Destruction	41
Chapter 3: Birds of Passage	54
Chapter 4: Do Not Follow It!	66
Chapter 5: Mountain of Revenge	77
Chapter 6: Lion-Hearted	89
Chapter 7: Surrender	102
Dedication for Beings Suffering in Prison from the Avatamsaka Sutra	120
In Pictures and in Words: A Photo Collection
Chapter 8: "Prison Stories" -- Perfection of Liberation	121
Definition of Liberation	122
To My Very Dear Disciples	125
A Satellite Aerial View of the Prison Camp	128
Twenty Years in Prison	131
The Supreme Lama is to See Our Own Mind by Garchen Rinpoche	171
Section 8.1: Inner Prison	173
Section 8.2: Lama Khenpo Munsel Rinpoche	224
Section 8.3 Outer Prison	280
Section 8.4: Visiting Home	312
Section 8.5: Pemako	339
Section 8.6: Lhasa and Release	383
Your Own Mind is Buddha by Garchen Rinpoche	420
Epilogue: Letter to My Readers (and to Tsewang Gonpo of Lhasa)	423
Appendix A: Timeline (1958-1980)	449
Appendix B: Going for Refuge by Garchen Rinpoche	451
Appendix C: The Heart of Confession -- The King of Purification	453
Appendix D: The Single Enlightened Mind Ocean Bardo Prayers	454
Appendix E: A doha from Milarepa to Gampopa	460
Appendix F: Southwest Buddhafield Endowment	463
Appendix G: Selected Readings and Resources	466
About Milam Bardo Publications, the Author and the Editors
From the Perspective of the Mind Itself by Garchen Rinpoche
Dedication of Great Enlightening Beings from Avatamsaka Sutra