The open road : the global journey of the fourteenth Dalai Lama /
Iyer, Pico.
The open road : the global journey of the fourteenth Dalai Lama / Pico Iyer. - 1st ed. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. - viii, 275 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
This book is the first serious consideration of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama's work and ideas as a politician, scientist, and philosopher. 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.--From publisher description.
9780307267603 (alk. paper) 0307267601 (alk. paper)
2007043991
Bstan-®dzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935-
L984o 2008
294.3/923092 B
The open road : the global journey of the fourteenth Dalai Lama / Pico Iyer. - 1st ed. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. - viii, 275 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
This book is the first serious consideration of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama's work and ideas as a politician, scientist, and philosopher. 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.--From publisher description.
9780307267603 (alk. paper) 0307267601 (alk. paper)
2007043991
Bstan-®dzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935-
L984o 2008
294.3/923092 B