The Story of Tibet: Conversations with the Dalai Lama

Synopsis of The Story of Tibet: Conversations with the Dalai Lama

«The Story of Tibet: Conversations with the Dalai Lama» is Thomas Laird's historical essay in paperback (480 pages, in English), from Atlantic Books.

Thomas Laird spoke with the Dalai Lama in eighteen audiences over three years, covering history, science, reincarnation and Buddhism. The book spans thousands of years of Tibetan civilization, myth and spirituality: the Mongols, the Golden Age of the Great Fifth Dalai Lama, Manchu rule, twentieth-century independence and the 1959 exile.

The original edition dates from 2006; this edition is Main - Print on Demand and was published in June 2007.

For those interested in Asian history, Tibetan Buddhism and spirituality, with the Dalai Lama's own perspective on Tibet's past.