In January 2000, two Ambassador taxis twisted their way up the narrow road leading towards Dharamsala in the Himalayan foothills of northern India - the home-in-exile of the Dalai Lama. In one taxi was a 14-year-old boy, the 17th Karmapa, one of the most important figures in Tibetan Buddhism. The boy's arrival in Dharamsala was the culmination of an extraordinary escape which had brought him 900 miles across the Himalayas, in conditions of high danger, from the monastery in Tibet where he had lived since he was seven years old. Fascinated by this charismatic young figure, Mick Brown travelled to Dharamsala to meet him, and found himself drawn into the labyrinthine - not to say surreal - web of intrigue surrounding the 17th Karmapa's recognition and young life. Presented with engaging clarity and zest, here are stories of miracles and murder, the settling of 200-year-old scores and a political intrigue worthy of the Borgias. Piety jostles with greed; truth with laughably fudged falsehood; the strength of human aspiration with the frailty of human nature. Read and be amazed.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-13
9780747571612
eBay Product ID (ePID)
88425228
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Dance of 17 Lives: the Incredible True Story of Tibet's 17th Karmapa
Author
Mick Brown
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Buddhism, Travel Writing
Publication Year
2004
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
153mm
Item Weight
686g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Mick Brown
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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