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The first authoritative biography of the Dalai Lama—a tale by means of turns inspiring and stunning—from an acclaimed Tibetan student with outstanding get admission to to his matter.
The Dalai Lama’s message of peace and compassion resonates with folks of all faiths and none. But, for all his around the globe status, he continues to be for my part elusive. Finally Alexander Norman—acclaimed Oxford-skilled student of the historical past of Tibet—offers the definitive, distinctive, unforgettable biography.
The Dalai Lama recounts an unbelievable odyssey from remoted Tibetan village to around the globe status as religious and political chief of probably the most international’s so much profound and sophisticated cultural traditions. Norman unearths that, at the same time as the Dalai Lama hasn’t ever been comfy along with his political place, he has been a canny participant—at one time CIA-subsidized—who has maneuvered amidst pervasive violence, together with striking himself on the middle of a deadly Buddhist schism. But much more unexpected than the political, Norman convinces, is the Dalai Lama’s unbelievable religious observe, rooted in magic, imaginative and prescient, and prophecy—main points of which can be illuminated on this guide for the primary time.
A revelatory lifestyles tale of one in every of lately’s so much radical, charismatic, and loved international leaders.
The Dalai Lama’s message of peace and compassion resonates with folks of all faiths and none. But, for all his around the globe status, he continues to be for my part elusive. Finally Alexander Norman—acclaimed Oxford-skilled student of the historical past of Tibet—offers the definitive, distinctive, unforgettable biography.
The Dalai Lama recounts an unbelievable odyssey from remoted Tibetan village to around the globe status as religious and political chief of probably the most international’s so much profound and sophisticated cultural traditions. Norman unearths that, at the same time as the Dalai Lama hasn’t ever been comfy along with his political place, he has been a canny participant—at one time CIA-subsidized—who has maneuvered amidst pervasive violence, together with striking himself on the middle of a deadly Buddhist schism. But much more unexpected than the political, Norman convinces, is the Dalai Lama’s unbelievable religious observe, rooted in magic, imaginative and prescient, and prophecy—main points of which can be illuminated on this guide for the primary time.
A revelatory lifestyles tale of one in every of lately’s so much radical, charismatic, and loved international leaders.
