FREEDOM IN EXILE THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE DALAI LAMA 1ST EDITION PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Dalai Lama XIV | 9780060987015 | | | | | Freedom in Exile The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama 1st edition PDF Book Refresh and try again. Retrieved 8 September We use cookies to serve you certain types of ads , including ads relevant to your interests on Book Depository and to work with approved third parties in the process of delivering ad content, including ads relevant to your interests, to measure the effectiveness of their ads, and to perform services on behalf of Book Depository. Central Intelligence Agency CIA for supporting the Tibetan independence movement "not because they the CIA cared about Tibetan independence, but as part of their worldwide efforts to destabilize all communist governments ". Finally, he saw a small house with strangely shaped guttering. Part of a series on. Retrieved 14 September Rating details. More information about this seller Contact this seller 1. My Life and My People. Condition: Gut. Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Provided me the background of the happenings of Tibet, past and present. Freedom in Exile is a book that I knew I was going to read at some point. Add to Basket Used Hardcover. The struggle for Tibets autonomy has been brought into the forefront with real life horrific punishments meted about publicly. We need more souls like him in this world. Dalai Lama XIV. Soon, Lhasa would fall to the invaders. Create a Want BookSleuth Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Jan 09, Ross-Barry Finlayson. In fact, he has worked closely with China to bring peace to everyone. The delegation had not been empowered to reach a settlement, apart from its entrusted task of convincing the Chinese leadership not to invade Tibet. Towards the end, years are skipped and the revelations about the Cultural Revolution which come to him from newly-arrived exiles are depressing. Owner name fep, DJ ft flap creased at corner. The most touching fact is perhaps a spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism still practices the teachings of his Gurus for 5. By these means it is possible to move human minds, but never by force. Nov 16, Ryan rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: all human beings. Minimal wear. Views Read View source View history. Freedom in Exile The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama 1st edition Writer Thanks for telling us about the problem. And so his voice joined a chorus of Tibetan expatriates working toward that goal. Trouble in Paradise, Then Hope. This spiritual and political leader shows himself to have a great writer's eye! This more or less convinced the search party that they had found the new incarnation. About this Item: Hodder and Stoughton, London, It's amazing and very admirable. Sign up now. He has traveled the world and has spoken about the welfare of Tibetans, environment, economics, women's rights, non-violence, interfaith dialogue, physics, astronomy, Buddhism and science, cognitive neuroscience, reproductive health, and sexuality, along with various topics of Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhist teachings. To know that someone who's led the life he has can still have room in his heart to be open minded and fair in his relaying of these events is inspiring, to say the least. When Lhamo Thondup was two years old, a search party that had been sent out by the Tibetan government to find the new incarnation of the Dalai Lama arrived at Kumbum monastery. The Oracle's decision was confirmed when a divination performed by His Holiness produced the same answer, even though the odds against making a successful escape seemed terrifyingly high. The night my father-in-law very suddenly passed away almost a month ago now , I just couldn't get into the book I had been reading at the time. I'm going to Lhasa, I'm going to Lhasa, I would say. I was asked to kneel down on crushed glass while they put a hot iron on my feet. My reason for this is not simply a concern with borders and so forth. In , he became a Buddhist monk. He tries to portray the Chinese in a fair enough way, giving admiration when deserved but never shying away from proclaiming the truth of their failings. Home Learning. I was fascinated by the open mindedness with which the Dalai Lama experienced everything. September Vol. On the day before the opera festival in the summer of , His Holiness was just coming out of the bathroom at the Norbulingka when he felt the earth beneath his feet begin to move. But he complains of the dark and coldness of the Potala Palace, and tells that mice roaming the floors above would pee on him! The langauge is simple,humble and quite innocent sometimes. I really enjoyed reading about his account of his childhood, from being found in a tiny village to be the rebirth of the 13th Dalai Lama at age two, to growing up and playing army games with his servants in the grand palace of Potala. For example, I learned that he is afraid of caterpillars and horses! It hurt that His Holiness touched upon the likelihood that he may die before Tibetans gain freedom in which case, they may not need a reincarnation of the Dalai Lama and that he may then be reborn as an insect or an animal of most value to the sentient beings. Nov 08, Joyce F rated it it was amazing. Tibetan influence spread throughout Asia and China until the 19th century, with spiritual authority vested in the Dalai Lama, the highest religious authority in Tibetan Buddhism. Feb 21, Shahine Ardeshir rated it really liked it. A comprehensible and meaningful autobiography. Aug 18, Sierra rated it really liked it Shelves: summer-reading. But they are not. Also, the Dalai Lama presents himself not as a "realized" or enlightened being, but rather almost as a novice monk, doing his best to learn and be a good Buddhist according to the example of his teachers and predecessors. Home Contact us Help Free delivery worldwide. Finally, he saw a small house with strangely shaped guttering. I'll finish where I started. Trivia About Freedom in Exile His Holiness recalls his mother as undoubtedly one of the kindest people he has ever known. More information about this seller Contact this seller 4. Following this, he was taken with Lobsang Samden to the Norbulingka, the summer palace of the Dalai Lamas, which lay just to the west of Lhasa. Lhamo Thondup's party was received by a group of senior government officials and escorted to Doeguthang plain, two miles outside the gates of the capital. Published In : 1st. From: C. I really enjoyed reading this book and learning more about the history of the Tibetan people and how Mao's communism, while it seemed like a good idea at the time, ultimately The Dalai Lama does a wonderful job taking us from his childhood up through his exile and the current mid 90s situation that Tibet is in. I found the life of the Dalai Lama so fascinating and I definitely learned so many things from this autobiography. Tsering Dolma, the eldest child, was eighteen years older than His Holiness. Freedom in Exile The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama 1st edition Reviews His Holiness The Dalai Lama is regarded by the millions of followers as an incarnation of Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha aspect for compassion. And he considers himself, in the last few pages, "still half a Marxist" and notes common emphases between Buddhist ethics and Marxist humanism. One of these concerned the embalmed body of his predecessor, Thupten Gyatso, the Thirteenth Dalai Lama, who had died aged fifty-seven in In Exile Three weeks after escaping Lhasa, on 31 March , His Holiness and his entourage reached the Indian border from where they were escorted by Indian guards to the town of Bomdila in the present day Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. His primary residence is in Dharamsala, India. Thus, on 17 November at the age of fifteen, His Holiness was officially enthroned as the temporal leader of Tibet in a ceremony held at the Norbulingka Palace. I found this part of the book quite interesting as it detailed a lot about Buddhist teachings and Tibetan culture. In a review, Rembert Weakland called the book "a call for freedom". Retrieved 27 November Already the previous autumn there had been cross-border incursions by Chinese Communists, who stated their intention of liberating Tibet from the hands of imperialist aggressors. The Dalai Lama shows that he is a human but with missions that were thrust on him at quite a young age. It stands for accurate and accountable reporting and publishes information available in no other publication. Three years later, in the city of Lhasa, during one of the most important religious festivals in Tibet, he helped to lead a protest against the repression. A comprehensible and meaningful autobiography. Boldly signed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the title page. The 14th Dalai Lama is disarmingly down to earth. I hope he lives long enough to see his beloved Tibet free at last. From: Ground Zero Books, Ltd. This page was last edited on 1 May , at To mark the occasion of his ascension to power, His Holiness granted a general amnesty whereby all the prisoners were set free. Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London We should all show due respect to this declaration and abide by its provisions. I found the life of the Dalai Lama so fascinating and I definitely learned so many things from this autobiography.