The 14th Dalai Lama, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and spiritual leader of Tibetans in exile, is well known in the West, but the 600-year tradition to which he is heir is less familiar. In this book, Mullin offers the life stories of all 14 Dalai Lamas in one volume.
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The 14th Dalai Lama, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and spiritual leader of Tibetans in exile, is well known in the West, but the 600-year tradition to which he is heir is less familiar. In this book, Mullin offers the life stories of all 14 Dalai Lamas in one volume.
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Near Fine. Near Fine Dust Jacket. 1st Printing. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 555. 555 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Near fine dust jacket. Jacket not price clipped. First Edition / First Printing. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1574160397. Edited by Valerie Shepherd. Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. First printing. About fine in like dust jacket.
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NF/NF. Burgundy faux leather with gilt lettering. Glossy, burgundy dj with gold image and orange lettering. 555 pp. with no illus. Sacred mythology associated with the Dalai Lama; stories of the various Dalai lamas with excerpts from their spiritual teachings, philosophies, and mystical poetry. Discusses the reincarnations of the lamas as as incarnation of Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of Compassion. Much more as well.
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Fine in very good dust jacket. Light shelfwear to dust jacket; internally as new. Purple paper over boards. 4to (6.25 x 9.25 inches). 555 p. In "The Fourteen Dalai Lamas, " author Glenn H. Mullin vividly brings to life the myth and succession of all 14 Dalai Lamas in one volume for the first time. The book contains a chapter on each Dalai Lama (except Dalai Lamas 9-12, who are covered in one chapter). Each chapter opening features an illustration of the Dalai Lama who is the subject of that chapter. Mullin has also included characteristic excerpts from the Dalai Lamas' teachings, poetry, and other writings that illuminate the principles of Tibetan Buddhism expressed in their lives. The 14th Dalai Lama, spiritual and temporal leader of the Tibetans in exile, is well-known, but the 600-year tradition to which he is heir is less familiar. From the birth of the first Dalai Lama in a cowshed in 1391, each subsequent Dalai Lama has been the reincarnation of his predecessor, choosing to take up the burdens of a human life for the benefit of the Tibetan people. For almost six centuries, the Dalai Lamas have served as the Tibetans' spiritual leader and have held secular power for almost half that time. All the Dalai Lamas are revered as incarnations of Avalokiteshvara, the Buddhist deity of compassion, but each has been a unique individual with different abilities and temperaments. Over the ages, various Dalai Lamas have been poets, statesmen, builders, philosophers; most have been disciplined monastics, but one was a lover of women. The potential of some was tragically lost when their lives were cut short, possibly the victims of political intrigue, while others lived long enough to shape entire eras of Tibetan history.
