Claim Now In Exile From The Land Of Snows: The Definitive Account Of The Dalai Lama And Tibet Since The Chinese Conquest Created By John Avedon File Format PDF

book had too much detail for me and I bogged down like I was postholing through the snows of the Himalyas, Even so, I was impressed by how hard the Dalai Lama worked to make a deal with the Chinese before he fled into exile, And also how forsightful he was in attempting to create a sort of cultural web that would sustain Tibetan culture even as refugees settled around the world, A complete history of Tibet's struggle, It was detailed and very historical, I really enjoyed this book, An extremely well written and researched book on modern Tibetan History that I would suggest to anyone interested in Tibet, Avedon mixes first hand accounts with the larger historical context in a way that is both compelling and informative, Essential read for young Tibetans and those who are/want to be Tibet supporters! Expansive history of the Tibetan people and current situation, Kind of my goto book for information, Riveting. Tibetan monks imprisoned for Tshirts even resembling the Dalai Lama, . . Simply terrific. A very comprehensive study of the history of Tibet from the's to, whic special emphasis on the building of the exile community in India and the experiences of several important people who escaped both before and after the Cultural Revolution.
A lot of information here that's simply not in other books, Be warned: Reading about Tibet afteris akin to reading a WWII Holocaust book, comprehensive and accessible story of the Dalai Lama's escape from Tibetalso provides a great overview of Tibetan Buddhist History A definitive read on the persecution and repression of Tibet by China.
Very informative But it was so long I found myself dreading opening it up, Took me forever. Have you ever thought of what happened between the night His Holiness Dalai Lama had to leave his residence in Lhasa, Tibet to make his escape to India
Thousands of Tibetans did likewise, that it what we generally know.


But this book opens wildly the eyes through the personal testimonies it depicts the first achievements among all the difficulties, changes and deprivations that went along with the incomprehensible and obscure destiny of this people.


is for audio by Tantor edition not posted here, Bob Souer expertly narrates In Exile From the Land of Snows, John Avedons definitive account of the trek of the Dalai Lama since Chinese conquest, This is a clearly told tale of Tibet, “The roof of the world”, and the trek of the Dalai Lama and exiled Tibetans and those left behind, The decimation of Tibet rivals the Holocaust in genocide by starvation and cultural eradication that is gutwrenching, The narrator faultlessly gives the audience an easy to listen to delivery of hard to read Tibetan and Chinese names that makes the audiobook a winner in understanding the plight of Tibet.
Highly recommended, a must read for all public and academic libraries, This is the gutwrenching tale of Tibet, their exile and the trek of the Dalai Lama, and the starvation and cultural obliteration of those left behind, Tibet.

Read as part of my attempt to read around the world, I knew virtually nothing of Tibet, This book was informative, although a bit dry and dense, It is an audiobook from Hoopla,
This book will forever be one of the saddest books I'll read, forever!
Reading the plights of the Tibetans under Chinese rules ever since the Occupation is traumatic, and puts life in a perspective both for a refugee and for the ones left behind!
There is so much to learn from this book the history and the background of the Occupation, the lives of the refugees under the rule, prisoners and their lives under the Communist wardens all, though, related very well and objectively aren't the only learnings.
Some of them are The spirit worship in the Tibetan culture reminded me of the Bhootaradhane performed by the Tulu people, The immense depth of Tibetan medicine and how hard it is to be a doctor in this field was new to me, The story of how Tibetan government rebuilt itself in India, with no land to call their own and no constituency to govern shows a story of how refugees would still be the same even after living in a supportive land for decades.
The stories the CCP would tell about the Dalai Lama, their ploys to keep the Tibetans under control, sometimes in vain Cultural Revolution and it's repercussions those torture sessions to turn citizens against themselves all these horrible facts are laid out in this book.


Everytime I thought of all the monasteries with their books burned , the riches ravaged, the walls torn down and the monks tortured, I felt a pain in my stomach I had to put down the book aside to not think of what the refugees would be going through knowing that their families were going through living hell under the Chinese rule.

This book indeed brought everything related to 'Free Tibet' to perspective yes, nothing can be done now, but Tibet and the atrocities by the Chinese Communist Party in that land should never be forgotten.
i finished this book last night before i went to bed and i dreamt about it it was so haunting, photos of monasteries before and after the chinese invasion are incredibly depressing and i feel a chill from all the horrors that occurred during high maoist years, to tibetans and chinese alike, i don't know how likely free tibet is but i developed a deep impression of the compassion, kindness, and wisdom of the tibetan people, A very good history of Tibet, its conquest by the Peoples Republic of China, and the strategy to “reeducate” or “thamzing” the survivors, A road map it appears for the Uighers, This book details a comprehensive review of Tibetan culture, the Tibetan fight for the existence of Tibet, the atrocities Thamzing they faced fromand how the Cultural Revolution hampered their way to freedom.

It also gives a brief overview of Tibetan medicine Mendzekhang, Buddhist monasteries in and around the Tibetan landscape and the refuge camps in India, A must read for someone to understand about the fight for freedom by Tibet and the Dalai Lama, a good background on the chinese invasion and occupation of tibet, My mother highly recommended this book, and I did want to know more about Tibet in light of the Olympics and all, However, I could not get into this book, It was far to detailed for me, practically telling the history of Tibet on a daytoday basis, I need a much bigger picture,

Aside from being too detailed for me, the writing was lovely and the story was compassionately told, I think if I had been able to sit down to read for larger blocks of time I would have enjoyed it more, Perhaps I'll try again when I retire, highly recommended to anyone interested in Tibet, China, or buddhism, SHOCKING, to say the least, A Very well written and informative This telling of Tibet's sorrows starts with the story of the Fourteenth Dahlai Lama and unveils the awful story of the collision with China in the last fifty years.

My paperback fromhad small print, which only affected the usefulness of the maps on four key pages in front of the book,
I recommend this to all interested in Tibet, Read this because I wanted to get up to speed on the Dalai Lama before his weeklong tour of New Mexico, which I was assigned to cover in March.
Fascinating primer on all of it, especially the Tibetan exile, Brought all those "Free Tibet" bumperstickers into sharp relief, Tibet, “the roof of the world,” had been aloof and at peace for most of its,years, But in, the Thirteenth Dalai Lama, in his final testament, warned: “It may happen that here, in the center of Tibet, religion and government will be attacked both from without and from within.


” By the time his successor was enthroned in, the Chinese occupation had begun,

In this gripping account, John F, Avedon draws on his work and travels with the Fourteenth Dalai Lama to bring us the riveting story of Tibet and its temporal and spiritual leader, Included is an extensive interview with the Dalai Lama, who speaks about the conditions in Tibet, the mind of a Buddha, and the events of his life, Rigorously researched, passionately written, In Exile from the Land of Snows was instrumental in launching the modern Tibet movement when it was first published in, Now, some three decades later, Avedons testimony is more wrenching and relevant than ever,  .