The Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk by Gyatso Palden
Palden Gyatso was born in a Tibetan village in 1933 and became an ordained Buddhist monk at 18 -- just as Tibet was in the midst of political upheaval. When Communist China invaded Tibet in 1950, it embarked on a program of reform that would eventually affect all of Tibet's citizens and nearly decimate its ancient culture. In 1967, the Chinese destroyed monasteries across Tibet and forced thousands of monks into labor camps and prisons. Gyatso spent the next 25 years of his life enduring interrogation and torture simply for the strength of his beliefs. Palden Gyatso's story bears witness to the resilience of the human spirit, and to the strength of Tibet's proud civilization, faced with cultural genocide.
The Venerable Palden Gyatso now lives in Dharamsala in India. Since his escape from Chinese-occupied Tibet in 1992, he has travelled widely in Europe and the USA with Amnesty and other support organisations. In 1995 he testified at the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780802135742 |
| ISBN 10 | 0802135749 |
| Title | The Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk |
| Author | Gyatso Palden |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Avalon Travel Publishing |
| Year published | 1998-08-04 |
| Number of pages | 232 |
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