The Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk
of Palden Gyatso, Tsering Shakya, Dalai Lama XIV (Introduction)
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Palden Gyatso was born in a Tibetan village in 1933 and became an ordained Buddhist monk at 18 â just as Tibet was in the midst of political upheaval. When Communist China invaded Tibet in 1950, it embarked on a program of âreformâ that would eventually affect all of Tibetâs citizens and nearly decimate its ancient culture. In 1967, the Chinese destroyed monasteries across Tibet and forced thousands of monks into labor camps and prisons. Gyatso spent the next 25 years of his life enduring interrogation and torture simply for the strength of his beliefs. Palden Gyatsoâs story bears witness to the resilience of the human spirit, and to the strength of Tibetâs proud civilization, faced with cultural genocide.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 256 pages
- Publisher Grove Press
- Publication Date August 4th 1998
- First Publication 09/18/97
- Language English
- ISBN 9780802135742
- Edition Not informed
- Category Non-Fiction
- Scenario ['Tibet']
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