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Bezig met laden... Het vuur onder de sneeuw getuigenis van een Tibetaanse gevangene (1997)door Palden Gyatso, Tsering Shakya (Vertaler)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Palden Gyatso was born in a Tibetan village in 1933 and became an ordained Buddhist monk at 18 — just as Tibet was in the midst of political upheaval. When Communist China invaded Tibet in 1950, it embarked on a program of “reform” that would eventually affect all of Tibet’s citizens and nearly decimate its ancient culture. In 1967, the Chinese destroyed monasteries across Tibet and forced thousands of monks into labor camps and prisons. Gyatso spent the next 25 years of his life enduring interrogation and torture simply for the strength of his beliefs. Palden Gyatso’s story bears witness to the resilience of the human spirit, and to the strength of Tibet’s proud civilization, faced with cultural genocide. This is essentially 'Night' from a Tibetan Buddhist perspective. This is a well-written and compelling look at the horrors of the Chinese invasion of Tibet, the Cultural Revolution, and one monk's ordeal. This book certainly helps give a face and a story behind the 'Free Tibet' movement. My only criticism is that it could benefit from a glossary in the back; it got a bit tough keeping track of the Tibetan words. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
In 1992, the Venerable Palden Gyatso was released after 33 years of incarceration in Chinese prisons in Tibet, and fled to India, bringing with him the instruments of his torture. This book contains the story of his life. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Palden Gyatso was born in a Tibetan village in 1933 and became an ordained Buddhist monk at 18 — just as Tibet was in the midst of political upheaval. When Communist China invaded Tibet in 1950, it embarked on a program of “reform” that would eventually affect all of Tibet’s citizens and nearly decimate its ancient culture. In 1967, the Chinese destroyed monasteries across Tibet and forced thousands of monks into labor camps and prisons. Gyatso spent the next 25 years of his life enduring interrogation and torture simply for the strength of his beliefs. Palden Gyatso’s story bears witness to the resilience of the human spirit, and to the strength of Tibet’s proud civilization, faced with cultural genocide.