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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 in his own words, we begin to understand how a lama from Tibet has become the worldwide spiritual leader who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.

Tenzin Gyatso: The Early Life of the Dalai Lama

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      Publisher: North Atlantic Books,U.S.
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 03/06/2002
      ISBN13: 9781556433832, 978-1556433832
      ISBN10: 1556433832
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      Biography: historical, political and military East Asian and Indian philosophy Tibetan Buddhism

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      Book Synopsis
      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 in his own words, we begin to understand how a lama from Tibet has become the worldwide spiritual leader who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.

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