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The Dalai Lama : man, monk, and mystic / Mayank Chhaya.

Chhaya, Mayank. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0385519451
ISBN: 9780385519458
Physical Description: ix, 342 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, 2007.

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Introduction -- Continental cataclysm -- Buddhism comes to Tibet -- Clucking like a hen and breaking up fights -- From a prankster to the Dalai Lama 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.