Open Road

Description:

For over three decades, Pico Iyer, one of our most cherished travel writers, has been a friend to the Dalai Lama. Over these years through intimate conversations, he has come to know him in a way that few can claim. Here he paints an unprecedented portrait of one of the most singular figures of our time, explaining the Dalai Lama's work and ideas about politics, science, technology, and religion. For Buddhist and non-Buddhist alike, The Open Road illuminates the hidden life and the daily challenges of this global iconFrom the Trade Paperback edition.

subjects: Bstan-dzin-rgya-mtsho, dalai lama xiv, 1935-,  Spiritual life, buddhism,  Buddhism, doctrines,  Dalai lamas,  Biography,  Spiritual life,  Buddhism,  Doctrines,  Biography & Autobiography,  Nonfiction,  Religion & Spirituality,  History,  New York Times reviewed,  Dalai lamor,  Biografi,  Buddhism, china, tibet autonomous region

People: Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho Dalai Lama XIV (1935-)