The search for the Panchen Lama
Title:
The search for the Panchen Lama
Author:
Hilton, Isabel.
ISBN:
9780393321678
Edition:
1st American ed.
Publication Information:
New York : W.W. Norton, 2001.
Physical Description:
xv, 335 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm
Abstract:
"In May 1995, a seven-year-old Tibetan boy was taken from his home with his parents and younger brother by Chinese security services. Neither the boy nor his family has been seen since. His devotees believe him to be the eleventh incarnation of the Panchen Lama, the second most important incarnation in the Tibetan Buddhist hierarchy." "In The Search for the Panchen Lama, respected journalist Isabel Hilton tells the inside story of how this boy became the innocent prize in a battle between the Chinese regime and Tibet's exiled religious leader, the Dalai Lama." -- Book Jacket.
Subject:
| Panchen lamas -- Biography. |
| Buddhism and politics -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region. |
| Rgyal-mtshan-nor-bu, Panchen Lama XI, 1990- |
| Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Summary:
"In May 1995, a seven-year-old Tibetan boy was taken from his home with his parents and younger brother by Chinese security services. Neither the boy nor his family has been seen since. His devotees believe him to be the eleventh incarnation of the Panchen Lama, the second most important incarnation in the Tibetan Buddhist hierarchy." "In The Search for the Panchen Lama, respected journalist Isabel Hilton tells the inside story of how this boy became the innocent prize in a battle between the Chinese regime and Tibet's exiled religious leader, the Dalai Lama." --