Tenzin Gyatso
The Early Life of the Dalai Lama
$33.13
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2011
Summary
This exciting and often intense biography describes the Dalai Lama’s rigorous education and his full assumption of power at the age of fifteen following the Chinese invasion in 1950. Though Tibetan tradition holds that the Dalai Lama is a reincarnation of his predecessors, one still marvels at the level of responsibility, maturity, and wisdom he possessed at a very young age. Through Claude B. Levenson’s account of his youth, illuminated by photographs and many recollections of the Dalai Lama…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781556433832 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1556433832 |
| Author: | Claude B. Levenson, Joseph Rowe |
| Publisher: | North Atlantic Books,U.S. |
| Imprint: | North Atlantic Books,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2011 |
| Weight: | 255g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 153mm x 9mm |
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Critics Review
“Claude B. Levenson is, without a doubt, one of the people who best knows His Holiness, the head of Tibetan Buddhism. She sheds light on his political role while delving into his past and personality.”
—Historia Magazine
About The Author
Claude B. Levenson
Formerly a resident of Paris, Claude B. Levenson now lives in Switzerland. She was a scholar of Slavic and Eastern languages, including Sanskrit, before becoming a freelance journalist and translator. She is the author of a number of other books about Tibet.
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