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Surviving the dragon : a Tibetan lama's account of 40 years under Chinese rule Cover Image Book Book

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

Lobsang Tubten Jigme Gyatso, 1950- (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 1605297542 (hc : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9781605297545 (hc : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: x, 262 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: [Emmaus, Pa.] : Rodale, [2010]
  • Distributor: [New York] : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Target Audience Note:
1110L Lexile.

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Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > History > 1951-
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > Politics and government > 1951-
Ta er si (Huangzhong Xian, China) > Biography.
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Monastic and religious life > China > Tibet Autonomous Region.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > Religious life and customs.

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