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100 0 $aLobsang Tubten Jigme Gyatso,$d1950-
245 10 $aSurviving the dragon :$ba Tibetan lama's account of 40 years under Chinese rule /$cby Arjia Rinpoche ; foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
260 $a[Emmaus, Pa.] :$bRodale ;$a[New York] :$bDistributed to the trade by Macmillan,$cc2010.
300 $ax, 262 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill., map ;$c24 cm.
505 0 $aPart I: 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 -- Part II: Under the dragon's claw -- "Comets in the sky, chaos on Earth" -- Enter the Cultural Revolution -- Removing paper hats -- Part III: On the political stage -- A communist matchmaker meets the Panchen Lama -- The sacred tree and the time machine -- Becoming a political Buddhist -- Part IV: 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.
520 $aA forefront Buddhist leader describes his witness to the torture and arrest of his family and teachers by Chinese authorities, his suffering at the sides of fellow monks under occupier "reeducation" practices, and his eventual escape to Tibet.
600 00 $aLobsang Tubten Jigme Gyatso,$d1950-
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651 0 $aTibet Autonomous Region (China)$xPolitics and government$y1951-
610 20 $aTa er si (Huangzhong Xian, China)$vBiography.
650 0 $aBuddhists$zChina$zTibet Autonomous Region$xSpiritual life.
650 0 $aMonastic and religious life$zChina$zTibet Autonomous Region.
651 0 $aTibet Autonomous Region (China)$xReligious life and customs.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aLobsang Tubten Jigme Gyatso, 1950-$tSurviving the dragon.$d[Emmaus, Pa.] : Rodale ; [New York] : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan, ©2010$w(OCoLC)777010691
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