A complete history of the Dalai Lamas and Tibetan Buddhism, this is a must-read for the Buddhism, religious history, and general spirituality audiences.

Study of the lives and work of Padma-gliṅ-pa, Gter-ston, b. 1450?, and Tshaṅs-dbyaṅs-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama VI, 1683-1706, Tibetan Buddhist lamas.

A complete history of the Dalai Lamas and Tibetan Buddhism, this is a must-read for the Buddhism, religious history, and general spirituality audiences.

Follows the childhood of the 14th Dalai Lama from his simple life in a mountain village to the thousand-room Potala Palace and his perilous escape into exile.

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