Bibliograph

The Dalai Lama, man, monk, and mystic : [an authorized biography], Mayank Chhaya

Type

Label

The Dalai Lama, man, monk, and mystic : [an authorized biography], Mayank Chhaya

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Dalai Lama

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

70803309

Responsibility statement

Mayank Chhaya

Sub title

man, monk, and mystic : [an authorized biography]

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Continental cataclysm -- Buddhism comes to Tibet -- Clucking like a hen and breaking up fights -- From a prankster to the Dalai Llama reincarnate -- Farewell to the worldly world -- Lhasa in turmoil -- Tibet's new ruler is not all of 5 years? -- India, China and Tibet -- Suggestions of fratricide -- New gods in Tibet -- Mcleod Ganj, Dharamshala, India -- Mao, Buddhism and Tantra -- To talk or not to talk -- The nobel laureate : Ghandi's successor -- Life after Nobel -- Unyielding Chinese and uncompromising Tibetans -- Murders in the monastery -- The Dalai Lama, the man -- The Dalai Lama, the monk -- The Dalai Lama, the mystic -- Part socratic, part rock star, part eastern wise man, mostly Buddhist monk -- Sex, sexuality, homosexuality and celibacy -- The last Dalai Lama? -- Twilight years -- Uncertain future -- Models of autonomy -- Han Chinese turn to Buddhism -- Will he ever return to Tibet? -- Personal impressions

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