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Title The Dalai Lama [electronic resource eBook] : an extraordinary life / Alexander Norman.


BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents A note on language an spelling -- Map of cultural Tibet -- Introduction: Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, August 1989 -- A prophecy fulfilled. The travails for 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 -- The lion throne. 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 the 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 1965-March 1957 -- "Don't sell the Dalai Lama for silver dollars!" : Lhasa, 1957-1959 -- Freedom in exile. 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 Umaylan : independence and the middle way approach -- Bodhisattva of compassion. 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 -- The fourteen Dalai Lamas -- Glossary of names and key terms.
Summary "The first definitive biography of the Dalai Lama-a story by turns inspiring, surprising-from an acclaimed Tibetan scholar with exceptional access to his subject"-- Provided by publisher.
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Other edition Online version: Norman, Alexander, The dalai lama Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020. 9780544416888
Original 9780544416581
Subject Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935-
Dalai lamas -- Biography.
Tibet Region -- Biography.
Genre Biographies.
Electronic books.
Other corporate author OverDrive, Inc.
ISBN 9780544416888
STANDARD # F9E6021A-9450-431B-84FA-2C1DB4738E44 OverDrive