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Author:
Lobsang Tubten Jigme Gyatso, 1950-
Title:
Surviving the dragon : a Tibetan lama's account of 40 years under Chinese rule / by Arjia Rinpoche ; foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Publisher:
Distributed to the trade by Macmillan,
Copyright Date:
c2010
Description:
x, 262 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Lobsang Tubten Jigme Gyatso,--1950-
Reincarnate lamas--Tibet--Tibet--Biography.
Political activists--Tibet--Tibet--Biography.
Tibet (China)--Biography.
Tibet (China)--History--1951-
Tibet (China)--Politics and government--1951-
Ta er si (Huangzhong Xian, China)--Biography.
Buddhists--Tibet--Tibet--Spiritual life.
Monastic and religious life--Tibet.--Tibet.
Tibet (China)--Religious life and customs.
Contents:
Part I: Childhood -- My mother has a prophetic dream -- Raised by a family of 4,000 monks -- Living under the great leap forward -- Following a Tibetan hero -- Part II: Under the dragon's claw -- "Comets in the sky, chaos on Earth" -- Enter the Cultural Revolution -- Removing paper hats -- Part III: On the political stage -- A communist matchmaker meets the Panchen Lama -- The sacred tree and the time machine -- Becoming a political Buddhist -- Part IV: Taking flight -- Stepping into my birthright -- The feast of privilege reveals its price -- Final days with the dragon -- From Kumbum to Kumbum West -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: How Buddhism came to Tibet, and the lineage of the Arjia Rinpoches -- Glossary of terms and names.
ISBN:
1605297542 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781605297545 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)308178618
LCCN:
2009033048
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
ARPC277 -- Leon Public Library (Leon)
ZKPC437 -- Logan Public Library (Logan)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)
CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)

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