Dalai Lama, my son : a mother's story /
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| Author / Creator: | Tsering, Diki, 1901- |
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| Imprint: | New York : Viking Arkana, 2000. |
| Description: | xii, 189 p., [8] p. of plates : ill (some col.), maps ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4279723 |
Table of Contents:
- Map
- Introduction: Memories of My Grandmother
- I.. Daughter of Peasants
- 1.. Looking Back
- 2.. My Earliest Years
- 3.. A Carefree Childhood
- 4.. Life on the Farm
- 5.. Amdo Society
- 6.. Foods of Home
- 7.. Dialects and Dress
- 8.. Traditional Festivals
- 9.. Haunted by Ghosts
- 10.. Getting Married
- 11.. Wifely Duties
- 12.. Death and Mourning
- 13.. Giving Birth
- 14.. A Tulku Arrives
- 15.. Ocean of Wisdom
- II.. Mother of Compassion
- 16.. The Long Journey
- 17.. Arrival in Lhasa
- 18.. A New Life Begins
- 19.. Strange Customs
- 20.. Losar in Lhasa
- 21.. Grandmother and Widow
- 22.. A Political Crisis
- 23.. A Family Pilgrimage
- 24.. Communist Occupation
- 25.. A Tour of China
- 26.. Buddha's Birthday
- 27.. Escape into Exile
- 28.. Safe Haven in India
- Afterword
- Glossary