The first authoritative biography of the Dalai Lama—a story by turns inspiring and shocking—from an acclaimed Tibetan sc
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English Pages xxii, 410 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm Year 2020
Table of contents :
The travails of the Great Thirteenth --
A mystic and a seer : the regency established --
A child is born --
The view from the place of the roaring tiger : Tibet's nameless religion --
"Lonely and somewhat unhappy" : a hostage in all but name --
Homecoming : Lhasa, 1940 --
Boyhood : two cane-handled horsewhips --
Trouble in Shangri-La : devilry and intrigue on the roof of the world --
The perfection of wisdom : the higher education of a Tibetan Buddhist monk --
"Shit on their picnic!" : China invades, 1949-50 --
Into the dragon's lair : the Dalai Lama in China, July 1954-July 1955 --
The land of the gods : India, November 1956-March 1957 --
"Don't sell the Dalai Lama for silver dollars!" : Lhasa, 1957-1959 --
On the back of a Dzo : the flight to freedom --
Opening the eye of new awareness : Allen Ginsberg and the Beats --
"We cannot compel you" : cultural revolution in Tibet, harsh realities in India --
"Something beyond the comprehension of the Tibetan people" : The yellow book and the glorious goddess --
From Rangzen to Umaylam : independence and the middle way approach --
Cutting off the serpent's head : reaction and repression in Tibet --
"An oath-breaking spirit born of perverse prayers" : the murder of Lobsang Gyatso --
Tibet in flames : the Beijing Olympics and their aftermath --
The magical play of illusion.