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'Impressive in its clarity this biography [is] the most detailed and accurate to date. Written in an engaging prose, [it] ends with an insightful prediction of the legacy of the fourteenth Dalai Lama, and a cleareyed assessment of the challenges that the fifteenth will face' The New York Times

The Dalai Lama's message of peace and compassion resonates with people of all faiths and none. Yet, for all his worldwide fame, he remains personally elusive. Now, Alexander Norman, acclaimed Oxford-trained scholar of the history of Tibet, delivers the definitive biography-unique, multi-layered, and at times even shocking.

The Dalai Lama illuminates an astonishing odyssey from isolated Tibetan village to worldwide standing as spiritual and political leader of one of the world's most profound and complex cultural traditions. Norman reveals that, while the Dalai Lama has never been comfortable with his political position, he has been a canny player-at one time CIA-backed-who has manoeuvred amidst pervasive violence, including placing himself at the centre of a dangerous Buddhist schism. Yet even more surprising than the political, Norman convinces, is the Dalai Lama's astonishing spiritual practice, rooted in magic, vision, and prophecy-details of which are illuminated in this book for the first time.

A revelatory life story of one of today's most radical, charismatic, and beloved world leaders.

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ISBN : 9781846044670
BY (AUTHOR) Norman, Alexander
PUBLISHER : Ebury Publishing	PUBLICATION DATE : September 28, 2016
COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom	IMPRINT : Rider & Co
LANGUAGE : English	AGE : General
PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback

DIMENSION : 234 mm x 153 mm
WEIGHT : 535 g

PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Biography, Literature & Literary studies
Philosophy & Religion

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