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The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

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The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

One of the most acclaimed and perceptive observers of globalism and Buddhism now gives us the first serious considerationâ€”for Buddhist and non-Buddhist alikeâ€”of the Fourteenth Dalai Lamaâ€™s work and ideas as a politician, scientist, and philosopher.

Pico Iyer has been engaged in conversation with the Dalai Lama (a friend of his fatherâ€™s) for the last three decadesâ€”an ongoing exploration of his message and its effectiveness. Now, in this insightful, impassioned book, Iyer captures the paradoxes of the Dalai Lamaâ€™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 needlessly 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 everyday humanity.

Moving from Dharamsala, Indiaâ€”the seat of the Tibetan government-in-exileâ€”to Lhasa, Tibet, to venues in the West, where the Dalai Lamaâ€™s pragmatism, rigor, and scholarship are sometimes lost on an audience yearning for mystical visions, The Open Road illuminates the hidden life, the transforming ideas, and the daily challenges of a global icon.

Country	USA
Author	Pico Iyer
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9780307267603
Edition	1
Format	Deckle Edge
ISBN	0307267601
Label	Knopf
Manufacturer	Knopf
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	288
PublicationDate	2008-03-25
Publisher	Knopf
ReleaseDate	2008-03-25
Studio	Knopf

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