VOICE FOR VOICELESS EB

His Holiness the Dalai Lama

• Publisher: Thorsons
• Year: 2025
• Print ISBN: 9780008774097
• eBook ISBN: 9780008743789
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Social Science Biographies
• Index: History

In this unique book, His Holiness the Dalai Lama tells the full story of his 75-year struggle with China to save Tibet and its people.

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The Dalai Lama has had to contend with the People's Republic of China his entire life. He was 15 years old when communist China invaded Tibet in 1950, only 19 when he had his first meeting with Chairman Mao in Beijing, and 24 when he was forced to escape to India and became a leader in exile. Almost 75 years after China's initial invasion of Tibet, the Dalai Lama has faced communist China's leaders – Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping – in his effort to protect Tibet and its people.

In Voice for the Voiceless, the Dalai Lama reminds the world of Tibet's unresolved struggle for freedom and the hardship his people continue to face in their homeland. The book captures his extraordinary life, uncovering what it means to lose your home to a repressive invader and build a life in exile; dealing with the existential crisis of a nation, its people, and its culture and religion; and envisioning the path forward.

Voice for the Voiceless is a powerful testimony from a global icon, sharing both his pain and his enduring hope in his people's ongoing quest to restore dignity and freedom.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright
• Note to Readers
• Contents
• Map
• Preface
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: The Invasion and Our New Master
• Chapter 2: Meeting Chairman Mao
• Chapter 3: A Visit to India
• Chapter 4: Fleeing Home
• Chapter 5: A Geopolitical Reflection
• Chapter 6: Devastation at Home and Rebuilding in Exile
• Chapter 7: Overtures Toward a Dialogue
• Chapter 8: Reaching Out to Our Fourth Refuge
• Chapter 9: In the Aftermath of Tiananmen
• Chapter 10: Practices I Find Helpful in the Face of Suffering
• Chapter 11: As the Millennium Came to an End
• Chapter 12: The Final Series of Dialogues
• Chapter 13: Taking Stock
• Chapter 14: What Gives Me Hope
• Chapter 15: Situation Today and the Path Forward
• Chapter 16: Appeal
• Photo Section
• Appendix A: Tibet: A Historical Overview
• Appendix B: Treaty Between Tibet and China AD 821–822
• Appendix C: Letters to Chinese Leaders Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin
• Appendix D: Memorandum on Genuine Autonomy for the Tibetan People
• Appendix E: A Note on the “Memorandum on Genuine Autonomy for the Tibetan People”
• Footnotes
• Notes
• Selected Bibliography
• Index
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• About the Publisher