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Editorial Review:
The Dalai Lama's autobiography should leave no one in doubt of his humility and genuine compassion. Written without the slightest hint of pretence, the exiled leader of Tibet recounts his life, from the time he was whisked away from his home in 1939 at the age of four, to his escape from Tibet in 1959, to the winning of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989. The backdrop of the story is the 1950 Chinese invasion of Tibet. We learn in calm detail of imprisonment, torture, rape, famine, ecological disaster and genocide that in under four decades of Chinese rule have left a million-and-a-quarter Tibetans dead and the Tibetan natural and religious landscapes decimated. Yet the Dalai Lama's story is strangely one of hope. This man who prays for four hours a day harbours no ill will toward the Chinese and sees the potential for good everywhere he casts his gaze. Someday, he hopes, all of Tibet will be a zone of peace and the world's largest nature preserve. Such optimism is not naive, but a result of his daily studies in Buddhist philosophy and his doctrine of Universal Responsibility. Inspiring in every way, Freedom in Exile is both a historical document and a fable of deepest trust in humanity. --Brian Bruya
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
Awesome, but very very sad This is definately one of the most increadible autobiographies ever written. This is like the tibettan equivalent of the Anne Frank Diary, but spanning a whole lifetime. Everything you wanted to know about the situation in tibet, and many many things you'd probably rather you diddn't. Very relevent given that the olympics are comming up in china.
wonderful book by a wonderful man For anyone who would like to get under the media surface of one of the planet's most iconic figures then 'Freedom in Exile' is the perfect place to start.Charting his life from his humble beginnings to his current exhalted position as the spiritual figurehead of one of our most enlightend religious traditions, his holiness never loses sight of where he came from,who he is and what he represents.
However,for me,what really made this such a revealing book is not the personal details of his fascinating... more info
Devastating, inspiring and heartbreaking - a book everyone should read I have always felt a pull toward Tibetan Buddhism and have already read several books by the Dalai Lama. I don't know why I put off reading this one for so long (like another reviewer, it sat on my shelf for nearly a year before I read it). I'm glad I did. I was effortlessly drawn into a world so different to our cynical consumer-driven culture. the Dalai Lama is an engaging and talented writer, in spite of his protestations that his English is lacking. His story is incredible and even more so is the... more info
Freedom In Exile The Auto-Biography of the Dalai Lama Interesting, Amazing, Uplifting are just a few words I would use to describe this book. I couldn't put it down as it was just so very easy to read and that's coming from a bigginer at reading books over 200 pages long. If your interested in the life of the Dalai Lama its a must read.
