Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of His Holiness the Dalai Lama of TibetRoyal National Institute of the Blind, 2004 - Dalai lamas The author describes what it was like to grow up revered as a deity among his people. After the invasion of Tibet by the Communist Chinese, he was forced into exile in 1959. He has since worked to relieve the plight of Tibetans and to promote world peace through an unwavering policy of non-violence. |