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The global journey of the fourteenth dalai lama, which hits bookstores today, is a gorgeously wrought dissection of the tibetan spiritual leaders peripatetic life, philosophy and status as an iconic figure throughout the world. The dalai lama has tried to learn himself the science and knowledge that the west has to offer. The open road pico iyers new book subtitled the global journey of the fourteenth dalai lama takes its title and theme from an essay by d. While not a work of travel literature in a strict sense, it is infused with vivid descriptions of the. The dalai lama and archbishop desmond tutu with douglas abrams. The global journey of the fourteenth dalai lama by pico iyer. Mar 26, 2008 iyers new book, based in part on his conversations with the revered buddhist monk over the last 33 years, is the open road. The open road intertwines an insiders access to telling detail with a wellseasoned journalists skeptical sensibility.
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Midlife newlyweds bicycle coast to coast is a fullcolor, 208page, 6. One of the most acclaimed and perceptive observers of globalism and buddhism now gives us the first serious considerationfor buddhist and nonbuddhist alikeof the fourteenth dalai lamas work and ideas as a politician, scientist, and philosopher. Iyer himself first traveled to the dalai lamas home as a teenager, and thus began a dialogue that would cover three decades and half a dozen. The open road is open, accessible, and superbly written. Setting the record straight on pico iyers book, open road, the global journey of the fourteenth dalai lama part two. Pico iyer is the author of two novels and seven works of nonfiction including video night in kathmandu, the lady and the monk, the global soul, and most recently the open road. In iyers account the dalai lama is a possible guide to the open road that remains to be found by every person. In an uncommonly thoughtful and eloquent report on the spiritual reflections and also the complex and demanding political and practical encounters negotiated every day by the dalai lama an old friend of his father whom he has known well since early boyhood, not only on regular sojourns at dharamsala but as a companionable observer on his holinesss tireless world travels on behalf of simple sanity and. As a monk, of course, the dalai lama spends much of his life steeped in the central buddhist tenet of interconnectedness, engaged in inner work that supports, and even creates, new outward realities. The open road, pico iyers beautifully written, upclose meditation about the dalai lama a superb portrait of a celebrated figure whom the master journalist and his family have known personally for 30 years arrives at a perfect time. A memorable and vivid history lesson about a remote mysterious place that, in terms of its sheer survival, has implications for our own lives. The global journey of the fourteenth dalai lama print on demand paperback published may 11th 2009 by bloomsbury pb print on demand paperback, 288 pages. Pico iyer delights, weaving with scintillating intelligence and evident fondness a spellbinding tale of the 14th dalai lamas uncanny power on the world stage.
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The global journey of the fourteenth dalai lama, by pico iyer, is not a biography. The open road is an engaging profile of the dalai lama. The dalai lama, the open road acknowledges, doesnt have all the answers. Lawrence about walt whitman and his poem, the song of the open road. Apr 11, 2008 this book, the open road, is a brief for the dalai lamas brand of urgent patience speak out, not lash out, as pico iyer puts it which many tibetans and others find hard to hear. May 18, 2010 joy cole corning distinguished leadership lecture series presents his holiness the 14th dalai lama at the university of northern iowa tuesday, may 18, 2010 video of the visit of hh the dalai lama is. The global journey of the fourteenth dalai lama iyer pico download bok. In the open road, pico iyer transcends his celebrated excellence as a travel writer. Iyer has known the dalai lama, spiritual and political leader of tibet, for more than 30 years, thanks to a longago connection between the writer. Here he paints an unprecedented portrait of one of the most singular figures of our time, explaining the dalai lamas work and ideas about politics, science, technology, and religion.
Apr 27, 2008 iyers latest book, the open road, begins with a bit of personal history. Author iyer has been engaged in conversation with the dalai. Open road recounts dalai lamas global journey fresh air march 26, 2008 journalist pico iyer has a long history meeting with the dalai lama, the spiritual leader of tibet who lives in exile. One could say the same about pico iyers marvelous little book. The global journey of the fourteenth dalai lama vintage departures iyer, pico on. The book of joy chronicles that discussion, and spreads the underlying message that to experience joy, you must bring joy to others. Sep 30, 2010 no less important, the dalai lama, tibet, and buddhism have spawned a canon of competing perspectives that ranges from reverence to condemnation. Lawrence wrote the great home of the soul is the open road. For buddhist and non buddhist alike, the open road illuminates the hidden. The open road the global journey of the 14th dalai lama. Iyers new book, based in part on his conversations with the revered buddhist monk over the last 33 years, is the open road. Iyer, a travel writer, talked about his own work and. Apr 06, 2008 iyer himself first traveled to the dalai lamas home as a teenager, and thus began a dialogue that would cover three decades and half a dozen continents and become the grist of the open road.
A rabbi now lives in dharamsala, india, the homeinexile of the dalai lama. I began reading this book not because i was very interested in the dalai lama, but because i wanted to read my first pico iyer. The book is an attempt to capture some of the conversations that the author has had with the dalai lama. The timespicayune over the course of three years, journalist thomas laird spent more than sixty hours with his holiness the dalai lama in candid, oneonone interviews that ranged widely, covering not only the history of tibet but science. For buddhist and nonbuddhist alike, the open road illuminates the hidden. Pico iyer this book is the first serious consideration of the fourteenth dalai lamas work and ideas as a politician, scientist, and philosopher. Iyers latest book, the open road, begins with a bit of personal history. The author of the wisdom buddha dorje shugden blog has been disputing pico iyers version of events with regard to the dorje shugden controversy. Known for his travel essays and his richly evocative novels set in such locales as japan and cuba, the globerotting writer pico iyers new book, the open road. Pico iyer has been following the story his new book is the open road. Having been engaged in conversation with the dalai lama for the last three decades, iyer captures the paradoxes of the dalai lamas position. His holiness the 14th dalai lama university of northern iowa.
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