I presume the interviews in this part will part of the canon for future historians of tibet. The illustrated life story of the dalai lama of tibet. This is partly due to the pivotal role this religion has played in the development of tibetan and mongol cultures and partly because almost all native historians of the country were buddhist monks. Will deepen general readers knowledge of tibet, its religion, and its engaging leader. This is the dalai lamas personal look at his countrys past as well as a summary of. His next book, ethics for the new millennium 1999, cracked the bestseller lists in august 1999, giving him two titles in the top 10. Dalai lama, leader of tibet and bestselling author, is born history. A history of tibet by the fifth dalai lama of tibet wikipedia. His holiness the dalai lama and venerable thubten chodron map out the convergence and divergence of the two major buddhist movementsthe sanskrit traditions of tibet and east asia and the pali traditions of sri lanka and southeast asia. Examining the life of the man tibetans call wishfulfilling jewel. Tibetan history, as it has been recorded, is particularly focused on the history of buddhism in tibet. This is the dalai lamas personal look at his countrys past as well as a summary of his lifes work as the leader of the tibetan people. The fourteenth dalai lamas fresh account of tibetan myth and history, as shared at dharamsala over a threeyear period with thomas laird, is wonderful instruction and a great true pleasure, not less to because of the small informal moments that clarify these encounters with that delightful buddha being who manifests in the beleaguered public figure of his holiness. It is not possible to fully understand contemporary politics between china and the dalai lama without understanding what happened and why during the 1950s.
Laird uncovers a history of tibet not found in other books about the country. The 5th dalai lama wrote this book at the request of gushi khan in 1643. The amazing thing about this narrative, as laird points out, when tibet is to blame, the dalai lama does not cover. A history and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Isabel losada is the author of the the battersea park road to enlightenment and for tibet, with love. Weiser books offers an entire spectrum of occult and esoteric subjects. Thomas laird captures the beauty, the magnificence, the humor of this world. Red wheelweiser imprints include conari press which publishes titles on spirituality, personal growth, relationships to parenting, and social issues. But the chinese have the ear of the world, and can later refer to their press records and present an account of historical events that is wholly untrue. The demise of the history of modern tibet volume 2. A timely and illuminating history of tibet, from the. This is according to the book of kadam, the main text of the kadampa school, to which the.