The Resource Surviving the dragon : a Tibetan lama's account of 40 years under Chinese rule, by Arjia Rinpoche ; foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Surviving the dragon : a Tibetan lama's account of 40 years under Chinese rule, by Arjia Rinpoche ; foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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The item Surviving the dragon : a Tibetan lama's account of 40 years under Chinese rule, by Arjia Rinpoche ; foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.
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- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 262 p., [16] p. of plates
- Contents
-
- pt. 1. Childhood
- My mother has a prophetic dream
- Raised by a family of 4,000 monks
- Living under the great leap forward
- Following a Tibetan hero
- pt. 2. Under the dragon's claw
- "Comets in the sky, chaos on Earth"
- Enter the Cultural Revolution
- Removing paper hats
- pt. 3. On the political stage
- A communist matchmaker meets the Panchen Lama
- The sacred tree and the time machine
- Becoming a political Buddhist
- pt. 4. Taking flight
- Stepping into my birthright
- The feast of privilege reveals its price
- Final days with the dragon
- From Kumbum to Kumbum West
- Epilogue
- Appendix A: How Buddhism came to Tibet, and the lineage of the Arjia Rinpoches
- Glossary of terms and names
- Isbn
- 9781605297545
- Label
- Surviving the dragon : a Tibetan lama's account of 40 years under Chinese rule
- Title
- Surviving the dragon
- Title remainder
- a Tibetan lama's account of 40 years under Chinese rule
- Statement of responsibility
- by Arjia Rinpoche ; foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
- Subject
-
- Lobsang Tubten Jigme Gyatso, 1950-
- Monastic and religious life -- China | Tibet
- Political activists -- China | Tibet -- Biography
- Reincarnate lamas -- China | Tibet -- Biography
- Ta er si (Huangzhong Xian, China) -- Biography
- Buddhists -- China | Tibet -- Spiritual life
- Tibet (China) -- History -- 1951-
- Tibet (China) -- Politics and government -- 1951-
- Tibet (China) -- Religious life and customs
- Tibet (China) -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1950-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lobsang Tubten Jigme Gyatso
- Dewey number
-
- 294.3/923092
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- BQ970.O25
- LC item number
- A3 2010
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Lobsang Tubten Jigme Gyatso
- Ta er si (Huangzhong Xian, China)
- Reincarnate lamas
- Political activists
- Buddhists
- Monastic and religious life
- Tibet (China)
- Tibet (China)
- Tibet (China)
- Tibet (China)
- Label
- Surviving the dragon : a Tibetan lama's account of 40 years under Chinese rule, by Arjia Rinpoche ; foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
- Contents
- pt. 1. Childhood -- My mother has a prophetic dream -- Raised by a family of 4,000 monks -- Living under the great leap forward -- Following a Tibetan hero -- pt. 2. Under the dragon's claw -- "Comets in the sky, chaos on Earth" -- Enter the Cultural Revolution -- Removing paper hats -- pt. 3. On the political stage -- A communist matchmaker meets the Panchen Lama -- The sacred tree and the time machine -- Becoming a political Buddhist -- pt. 4. Taking flight -- Stepping into my birthright -- The feast of privilege reveals its price -- Final days with the dragon -- From Kumbum to Kumbum West -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: How Buddhism came to Tibet, and the lineage of the Arjia Rinpoches -- Glossary of terms and names
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- x, 262 p., [16] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9781605297545
- Isbn Type
- (hc : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2009033048
- Other physical details
- ill., map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocn308178618
- Label
- Surviving the dragon : a Tibetan lama's account of 40 years under Chinese rule, by Arjia Rinpoche ; foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
- Contents
- pt. 1. Childhood -- My mother has a prophetic dream -- Raised by a family of 4,000 monks -- Living under the great leap forward -- Following a Tibetan hero -- pt. 2. Under the dragon's claw -- "Comets in the sky, chaos on Earth" -- Enter the Cultural Revolution -- Removing paper hats -- pt. 3. On the political stage -- A communist matchmaker meets the Panchen Lama -- The sacred tree and the time machine -- Becoming a political Buddhist -- pt. 4. Taking flight -- Stepping into my birthright -- The feast of privilege reveals its price -- Final days with the dragon -- From Kumbum to Kumbum West -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: How Buddhism came to Tibet, and the lineage of the Arjia Rinpoches -- Glossary of terms and names
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- x, 262 p., [16] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9781605297545
- Isbn Type
- (hc : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2009033048
- Other physical details
- ill., map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocn308178618
Subject
- Lobsang Tubten Jigme Gyatso, 1950-
- Monastic and religious life -- China | Tibet
- Political activists -- China | Tibet -- Biography
- Reincarnate lamas -- China | Tibet -- Biography
- Ta er si (Huangzhong Xian, China) -- Biography
- Buddhists -- China | Tibet -- Spiritual life
- Tibet (China) -- History -- 1951-
- Tibet (China) -- Politics and government -- 1951-
- Tibet (China) -- Religious life and customs
- Tibet (China) -- Biography
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