Dalai Lama (eBook)

The Biography

Alexander Norman (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
464 Seiten
Ebury Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4735-0319-9 (ISBN)

Infos

'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 TimesThe 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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.2.2020
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
• ISBN-10: 1-4735-0319-1 / 1473503191
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4735-0319-9 / 9781473503199