01558nam a22001817a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005804000070007604100120008308200160009510000150011124500690012626000250019530000260022036500300024652010640027665000360134020250925113022.0250925b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780349111117  cAL  aEnglish  a294.3bLAMF  aDalai Lama  aFreedom in exileb: the autobiography of the Dalai Lama of Tibet  aLondonbAbacusc1998  a324p.bPBc20x12.5cm.  b₹599.00c₹d₹599.00  aWinner of the Nobel Peace Prize
In 1938 a two year old boy was recognised through a traditional process of discovery as being the reincarnation of all previous Dalai Lamas, the spiritual rulers of Tibet. Taken away from his parents, he was brought up in Lhasa according to a monastic regimen of rigorous austerity and in almost total isolation. Aged seven he was enthroned in the 1000-room Potala palace as the supreme spiritual leader of a nation the size of Western Europe, with population of six million. And at fifteen, he became head of state. With Tibet under threat from the newly Communist Chinese, there followed a traumatic decade during which he became the confidant of both Chairman Mao and Jawaharal Nehru as he tried to maintain autonomy for his people. Then in 1959, he was finally forced into exile - followed by over 100,000 destitute refugees. Here, in his own words, he describes what it was like to grow up revered as a deity among his people, reveals his innermost feelings about his role, and discusses the mysteries of Tibetan Buddhism.  aBiographies and Autobiographies