Surviving the dragon
Subtitle: a recent history of Tibet through the looking glass of a Tibetan lama
By: by Arjia Rinpoche ; foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Publisher: Rodale
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Emmaus, Pa
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781605297545
Subjects: Lobsang Tubten Jigme Gyatso, -- 1950-; Ta er si (Huangzhong Xian, China) -- Biography; Reincarnate lamas -- China -- Tibet -- Biography; Political activists -- China -- Tibet -- Biography; Buddhists -- China -- Tibet -- Spiritual life; Monastic and religious life -- China -- Tibet; Tibet (China) -- Biography; Tibet (China) -- History -- 1951-; Tibet (China) -- Politics and government -- 1951-; Tibet (China) -- Religious life and customs
Genres: Biography
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. 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: pt. 2. Under the dragon's claw; title: "Comets in the sky, chaos on Earth"; title: Enter the Cultural Revolution; title: Removing paper hats; title: pt. 3. On the political stage; title: A Communist matchmaker meets the Panchen Lama; title: Sacred tree and the time machine; title: Becoming a political Buddhist; title: pt. 4. 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: My lineage; title: Glossary of terms and names.