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Surviving the Dragon: A Tibetan Lama's Account of 40 Years Under Chinese Rule

by Dalai Lama XIV, Arjia Rinpoche
Surviving the Dragon: A Tibetan Lama's Account of 40 Years Under Chinese Rule
Surviving the Dragon: A Tibetan Lama's Account of 40 Years Under Chinese Rule

Harrowing journey of a Tibetan Lama's resilience.

If you're drawn to personal stories entwined with historical events, "Surviving the Dragon" offers a meditative reflection on endurance and faith under oppression. Rinpoche's narrative isn't just a historical account—it's a deeply personal pilgrimage through adversity that maps the human spirit's capacity for survival and hope, giving voice to a period in Tibetan history that reverberates with courage and spiritual depth.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Surviving the Dragon: A Tibetan Lama's Account of 40 Years Under Chinese Rule

by Dalai Lama XIV, Arjia Rinpoche
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ISBN: 9781605297545
Authors: Dalai Lama XIV, Arjia Rinpoche
Publisher: Rodale Books
Date of Publication: 2010-03-02
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, History, Religion
Related Topics: History, Memoir, Buddhism, Biography, Politics
Goodreads rating: 4.11
(rated by 114 readers)

Description

On a peaceful summer day in 1952, ten monks on horseback arrived at a traditional nomad tent in northeastern Tibet where they offered the parents of a precocious toddler their white handloomed scarves and congratulations for having given birth to a holy child—and future spiritual leader. Surviving the Dragon is the remarkable life story of Arjia Rinpoche, who was ordained as a reincarnate lama at the age of two and fled Tibet 46 years later. In his gripping memoir, Rinpoche relates the story of having been abandoned in his monastery as a young boy after witnessing the torture and arrest of his monastery family. In the years to come, Rinpoche survived under harsh Chinese rule, as he was forced into hard labor and endured continual public humiliation as part of Mao's Communist "reeducation." By turns moving, suspenseful, historical, and spiritual, Rinpoche's unique experiences provide a rare window into a tumultuous period of Chinese history and offer readers an uncommon glimpse inside a Buddhist monastery in Tibet.
 

Harrowing journey of a Tibetan Lama's resilience.

If you're drawn to personal stories entwined with historical events, "Surviving the Dragon" offers a meditative reflection on endurance and faith under oppression. Rinpoche's narrative isn't just a historical account—it's a deeply personal pilgrimage through adversity that maps the human spirit's capacity for survival and hope, giving voice to a period in Tibetan history that reverberates with courage and spiritual depth.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.