This is the first-ever series of in-depth dialogues with the current Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, Samdhong Rinpoche, presenting his views on the plight of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism in the face of the communist Chinese invasion.
Author(s): Samdhong Rinpoche
Publisher: World Wisdom
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 274
Series Page
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Title Page
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Copyright Page
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Table of Contents......Page 8
FOREWORD......Page 12
PREFACE......Page 14
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 20
THE VENERABLE SAMDHONG RINPOCHE......Page 22
PART I: THE LONG ROAD TO NOW......Page 28
INTRODUCTION......Page 30
The Dialogues......Page 34
PART II: THE MODERN INDIVIDUAL......Page 88
INTRODUCTION......Page 90
The Dialogues......Page 94
PART III: HUMANKIND IN SAMSARA, ON EARTH, AND IN THE UNIVERSE......Page 104
INTRODUCTION......Page 106
The Dialogues......Page 107
PART IV: TIBET−THE MODERN WORLD’S HIDDEN TRAGEDY......Page 140
INTRODUCTION......Page 142
PART V: SATYAGRAHA AND AHIMSA (TRUTH-INSISTENCE AND NON-HARMFULNESS)......Page 188
INTRODUCTION......Page 190
The Dialogues......Page 194
PART VI: THE FOUNDATIONAL VIEW−BUDDHADHARMA......Page 206
CONCLUSION......Page 260
GLOSSARY OF TERMS......Page 264
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES......Page 266
INDEX......Page 268
