Surviving the dragon
Subtitle: a Tibetan lama's account of 40 years under Chinese rule
By: by Arjia Rinpoche ; foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Publisher: Rodale; Distributed to the trade by Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [Emmaus, Pa.]; [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9781605297545
Description: A forefront Buddhist leader describes his witness to the torture and arrest of his family and teachers by Chinese authorities, his suffering at the sides of fellow monks under occupier "reeducation" practices, and his eventual escape to Tibet.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Childhood; title: My mother has a prophetic dream; title: Raised by a family of 4,000 monks; title: Living under the great leap forward; title: Following a Tibetan hero; title: Part II: Under the dragon's claw; title: "Comets in the sky, chaos on Earth"; title: Enter the Cultural Revolution; title: Removing paper hats; title: Part III: On the political stage; title: A communist matchmaker meets the Panchen Lama; title: The sacred tree and the time machine; title: Becoming a political Buddhist; title: Part IV: Taking flight; title: Stepping into my birthright; title: The feast of privilege reveals its price; title: Final days with the dragon; title: From Kumbum to Kumbum West; title: Epilogue; title: Appendix A: How Buddhism came to Tibet, and the lineage of the Arjia Rinpoches; title: Glossary of terms and names.