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Surviving the dragon : a Tibetan lama's account of 40 years under Chinese rule / by Arjia Rinpoche ; foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

By: Lobsang Tubten Jigme Gyatso, 1950-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: [Emmaus, Pa.] : [New York] : Rodale ; Distributed to the trade by Macmillan, c2010Description: x, 262 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781605297545 (hc : alk. paper); 1605297542.Subject(s): Lobsang Tubten Jigme Gyatso, 1950- | Ta er si (Huangzhong Xian, China) -- Biography | Reincarnate lamas -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- Biography | Political activists -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- Biography | Buddhists -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- Spiritual life | Monastic and religious life -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region | Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Biography | Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- History -- 1951- | Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Politics and government -- 1951- | Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Religious life and customsDDC classification: 294.3/923092 | B Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description
Contents:
pt. 1. 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 -- pt. 2. Under the dragon's claw -- "Comets in the sky, chaos on Earth" -- Enter the Cultural Revolution -- Removing paper hats -- pt. 3. On the political stage -- A communist matchmaker meets the Panchen Lama -- The sacred tree and the time machine -- Becoming a political Buddhist -- pt. 4. 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.
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pt. 1. 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 -- pt. 2. Under the dragon's claw -- "Comets in the sky, chaos on Earth" -- Enter the Cultural Revolution -- Removing paper hats -- pt. 3. On the political stage -- A communist matchmaker meets the Panchen Lama -- The sacred tree and the time machine -- Becoming a political Buddhist -- pt. 4. 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.

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