My Land & My People
MEMORIES OF HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA
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This dignified testament by a great spiritual and temporal leader driven into exile by communist china is one of the most heartbreaking documents ever published his holiness the fourteenth dalai lama of tibet relates the story of his brief tumultuous reign climaxed by the appalling destruction and systematic murder of his people by the chinese.
A civilized compassionate man and a sincere reformer he writes of the simple tibetan life into which he was born and among whom he as the reincarnation of his predecessor was discovered and declared dalai lama according to his countrys ancient customs.
During and after the invasion the international commission of jurists undertook a detailed study of the situation the horror uncovered by the commission surpassed sanity and reason and it is detailed in these pages my land and my people is tragic book yet it is deeply inspiring for the whole story is told with the gentle forgiving spirit of a buddhist monk.
Dalai Lama
His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso was born in 1935 to a peasant family in northeastern Tibet and was recognized at the age of two as the reincarnation of his predecessor the Thirteenth Dalai Lama. The world s foremost Buddhist leader he travels extensively speaking eloquently in favor of ecumenical understanding kindness and compassion respect for the environment and above all world peace.
ISBN-10 : 8187075066
ISBN-13 : 978-8187075066
Isbn No. 8187075066
Author: Dalai Lama XIV
Publisher: Srishti Publishers & Distributors
Binding: Paperback
Language : English
Edition: 6
No. Of Pages : 271
Year Of Publication : 2015