Author: Arjia Rinpoche
Genre: Non-Fiction (Tibetan Buddhist Autobiography)
Date Finished: August 9, 2010
The story of the Arjia Rinpoche, from when he was a young boy and first recognized as a reincarnation, his initial education as a future lama, occupation of Tibet by the Chinese. The abuse he suffered growing up as a monk, and a reincarnation, under the Chinese occupation. His participation in the Chinese 'selection' of the Panchen Lama. At one point in the book, he writes that a Chinese official admitted to him the selection was fixed and the actual Panchen Lama selected by the Dalai Lama was captured by Chinese security.
In the end, unable to continue to participate in the Chinese occupation of Tibet, and unable to refuse to participate, he escapes to the United States via Guatemala.
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