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The open road : the global journey of the fourteenth Dalai Lama / Pico Iyer.

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Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.

Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935-

Dalai lamas -- Biography.

Buddhism -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region.

9780307267603 (alk. paper)

0307267601 (alk. paper)

9780307387554 (2009 First Vintage pbk.)

Alternate title:

Global journey of the fourteenth Dalai Lama

viii, 275 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-267).

Author Iyer has been engaged in conversation with the Dalai Lama (a friend of his father's) for three decades--an ongoing exploration of his message and its effectiveness. Now, Iyer captures the paradoxes of the Dalai Lama's position: though he has brought the ideas of Tibet to world attention, Tibet itself is being remade as a Chinese province; though he was born in one of the remotest, least developed places on earth, he has become a champion of globalism and technology. He is a religious leader who warns against being distracted by religion; a Tibetan head of state who suggests that exile from Tibet can be an opportunity; an incarnation of a Tibetan god who stresses his humanity. Iyer illuminates the hidden life, the transforming ideas, and the daily challenges of a global icon.

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