Tibet Is My Country: Autobiography of Thubten Jigme Norbu, Brother of the Dalai Lama as Told to Heinrich Harrer (Wisdom Tibet Book)

The Dalai Lama's brother recalls the details of his life: his childhood, his recognition as a reincarnated lama, the story of his brother, and the exile of thousands of Tibetans from their homeland. About the Author Dr. Heinrich Harrer was born in Austria in 1912. He has been an Olympic skiier, mountaineer, traveller, and author of several books, including Seven Years in Tibet. He passed away in 2006. Thubten Jigme Norbu (1922-2008) is the brother of Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. He eventually settled in America and worked devotedly for the Tibetan cause. Contents Illustrations Chronology PREFACE BY HEINRICH HARRER 1. MY HOME VILLAGE 2. AN ORDINARY DAY AT HOME 3. A HAPPY CHILDHOOD 4. I ENTER A MONASTERY 5. THREE MONTHS IN SHARTSONG 6. FIRST LESSONS 7. APPRENTICE YEARS IN KUMBUM 8. MY ACCEPTANCE BY THE TSOGCHEN 9. MY YOUNGEST BROTHER 10. MY FAMILY MOVES TO LHASA 11. CARAVAN JOURNEY FROM KUMBUM TO LHASA 12. ARRIVAL IN LHASA 13. STUDIES IN DREBUNG MONASTERY 14. NEW YEAR'S FESTIVAL IN LHASA 15. DEATH OF MY FATHER 16. MY JOURNEY TO INDIA AND CHINA 17. ABBOT OF KUMBUM 18. ALTERNATE THREATS AND PROMISES 19. FAREWELL TO TIBET 20. TO AND FRO IN THE WORLD 21. THE PRICE OF LIBERTY The moving biography of Thubten Jigme Norbu, an elder brother of the fourteenth Dalai Lama. Thubten Norbu recalls the details of his life: his childhood, his recognition as a reincarnated lama, the story of his brother, and the exile of thousands of Tibetans from their homeland. Thubten Norbu told his story (it was actually taped) to Heinrich Harrer who spent Seven Years in Tibet (Harrer's account appeared in 1954) and was the tutor to the Dalai Lama

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