by Claude B. Levenson · Lieu Commun · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782867050879
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«Le Seigneur du Lotus Blanc» is the biography of the Dalai Lama written by Claude B. Levenson, published by Lieu Commun in paperback (348 pages, in French).
Claude B. Levenson reconstructs the biography of the fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, from his origins in a peasant family to his recognition as an incarnation of the Buddha of Compassion. The work arises from a journey through Tibet and exile and from long interviews with him, and portrays Tibetan civilization threatened by the Chinese invasion.
The full title is «Le Seigneur du Lotus Blanc: Le Dalaï-Lama»; the book belongs to the collection «Maîtres de Vie» and the 1987 edition is the 2nd, with bibliography and plates.
For those seeking an approach to the figure of the Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhism and the recent history of Tibet.
Claude B. Levenson was a French journalist, orientalist, Tibetologist, translator and writer who authored approximately twenty-five books on the subjects of Buddhism, Burma and Tibet. She contributed to the newspapers Le Monde, L'Obs, Politique internationale, Le Temps, Geo, 24 heures and Libération. Levenson was a member of the Committee of 100 for Tibet and worked as a translator for the Dalai Lama.
