The Story of Tibet: Conversations with the Dalai Lama
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (935 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 080214327X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 496 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Publishers Weekly In a tenderly crafted study that is equal parts love letter, traditional history and oral history, Laird chronicles the development of Tibet from its mythic origins to its takeover by Communist China in 1950. Weaving historical research with interviews with the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled leader, veteran journalist Laird (Into Tibet: The CIA's First Atomic Spy and His Secret Expedition to Lhasa) offers insight into the triumphs and failures of the country. 16 pages of color photos. The Dalai Lama also recounts his early life; vividly recalls his first meeting, at age 19, with Mao Zedong; and reflects on his years in exile and his hopes for Tibet to be freed from occupation. . (Nov.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a d
Five Stars Excellent!. The book for newcomers to Tibet Richard Weston I read this book a week after going to Tibet for the first time in October, 2007. It confirmed everything that I experienced in Tibet with a former monk as the guide for our group of 20 (China Focus Tours), and enriched our experience enormously. I'm glad I read it soon after the trip so the place names, experiences, history and relationship with China were so fresh. We had been warned in China not to ask about or comment on politics or religion while we were in Tibet. I did ask one mild question and . "but Laird would have been better off if he had taken this advice to heart" according to Kotatsu. On page but Laird would have been better off if he had taken this advice to heart On page 350 (Hardback version), Laird quotes the Chinese scholar Ma Lihua as saying (with reference to Tibetan history) that "[t]he west should be more objective, but it's not." Ma here is being disingenuous, as his definition of "objective" is "conforming to Chinese propaganda", but Laird would have been better off if he had taken this advice to heart regardless of the source. Given the near-unique opportunity to base a book on the history of Tibet on dialogues with the Dalai Lama, Laird is unnecessa. 50 (Hardback version), Laird quotes the Chinese scholar Ma Lihua as saying (with reference to Tibetan history) that "[t]he west should be more objective, but it's not." Ma here is being disingenuous, as his definition of "objective" is "conforming to Chinese propaganda", but Laird would have been better off if he had taken this advice to heart regardless of the source. Given the near-unique opportunity to base a book on the history of Tibet on dialogues with the Dalai Lama, Laird is unnecessa
Tibet’s story is rich with tradition and filled with promise. It begins with the Bodhisattva Chenrizi (The Holy One”) whose spirit many Tibetans believe resides within the Dalai Lama. His Holiness introduces us to Tibet’s greatest yogis and meditation masters, and explains how the institution of the Dalai Lama was founded. Laird brings these meetings to life in rich, vibrant, and monumental work that outlines the essence of thousands of years of civilization, myth, and spirituality. We learn the origins of Buddhism, and about the era of Great Tibetan Emperors, whose reign stretched from southwestern China to Northern India. The Story of Tibet is a tenderly crafted study that is equal parts love letter, traditional history, and oral history” (Publishers Weekly).. Over the course of three years, journalist Thomas Laird spent more than sixty hours with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in candid, one-on-one interviews that covered history, science, reincarnation, and Buddhism. Laird explores, with His Holiness, Tibet’s relations with the Mongols, the Golden Age under the Great Fifth Dalai Lama, Tibet’s years under Manchu overlords, modern independence in the early twentieth century, and the Dalai Lama’s personal meetings with Mao just before His Holiness fled into exile in 1959