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Available
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Publication
HarperCollins (1990), Edition: First Edition, 304 pages
Description
In this astonishingly frank autobiography, the Dalai Lama reveals the remarkable inner strength that allowed him to master both the mysteries of Tibetan Buddhism and the brutal realities of Chinese Communism.
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LibraryThing member bilbette
The journey of the current Dalai Lama from his childhood in Tibet to his exile in India. The earliest years give a bittersweet sense of what it was like to be pulled from his family as a child and placed in the most powerful political and religious position in Tibet. There's nice detail about the
He discusses the turmoil of the events leading to the increasing involvement of China in Tibet along with his changing thinking at the time. He includes the harrowing journey of escaping into India across the Himalayas along with the sense of loss in leaving his country behind.
Reading it, I feel fortunate to have such an elightened person share the very personal thoughts of how he is able to forgive his enemy and yet not forget what the enemy has and is doing.
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Dalai Lama's grooming and education for this position as well as the long lineage of the other Dalai Lama's before him.He discusses the turmoil of the events leading to the increasing involvement of China in Tibet along with his changing thinking at the time. He includes the harrowing journey of escaping into India across the Himalayas along with the sense of loss in leaving his country behind.
Reading it, I feel fortunate to have such an elightened person share the very personal thoughts of how he is able to forgive his enemy and yet not forget what the enemy has and is doing.
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LibraryThing member cdogzilla
Parts of this book were quite engaging and the Dalai Lama's personality shone through. Much of it though was tedious. I found I quite prefer when he sticks to Buddhist philosophy, whether in more technically instructive books like "The Four Noble Truths" or in a more exploratory manner with regard
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to science and rationality, as in "The Universe In A Single Atom." The problem I had with this book is he seems to waste a lot of time doing stuff like, well, talking to Oracles (holy men who put on heavy clothes, work themselves into a lather, and dispense wisdom). Buddhism, in theory, is fascinating, but like any religion, once you get into robes, rituals, and all the mumbo jumbo ... it just gets boring. Show Less
LibraryThing member danoomistmatiste
The accounts of a true living Buddha. A must read.
LibraryThing member lisathomson
Very good read
Original publication date
1990
ISBN
0340518189 / 9780340518182
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Call number
DAL-008
Pages
304