| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
342 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-330) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Continental cataclysm -- Buddhism comes to Tibet -- Clucking like a hen and breaking up fights -- From a prankster to the Dalai Llama reincarnate -- Farewell to the worldly world -- Lhasa in turmoil -- Tibet's new ruler is not all of 5 years old -- India, China and Tibet -- Suggestions of fratricide -- New gods in Tibet -- Mcleod Ganj, Dharamshala, India -- Mao, Buddhism and Tantra -- To talk or not to talk -- The nobel laureate : Ghandi's successor -- Life after Nobel -- Unyielding Chinese and uncompromising Tibetans -- Murders in the monastery -- The Dalai Lama, the man -- The Dalai Lama, the monk -- The Dalai Lama, the mystic -- Part socratic, part rock star, part eastern wise man, mostly Buddhist monk -- Sex, sexuality, homosexuality and celibacy -- The last Dalai Lama? -- Twilight years -- Geopolitics devours Tibet's destiny again -- Hotheads versus middle way -- Models of autonomy -- Han Chinese turn to Buddhism -- Will he ever return to Tibet? -- Personal impressions. |
| Audience |
Adult Follett Library Resources |
| Subject |
Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935-
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Dalai lamas -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780385519458 hardcover |
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0385519451 hardcover |
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