Best Dalai Lama books and movies

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Dalai Lama Biographies

The best movies and books about the Dalai Lama: his life and teachings. The most famous man in Buddhism. The arch enemy of the Chinese government who write to every government that receive him. They probably have a clerk for the duty, because the Dalai Lama is received by most heads of state - as he's respected world wide.

Raised to lead the Tibetan people, he fled Tibet at an early age to escape the Chinese invasion. The Dalai Lama is famous for practicing that most illusive of qualities: being kind to those that prosecute you.

In 2011 he gave up leadership of the Tibetan community in exile to the first elected Tibetan leader ever. The Dalai Lama is now ONLY a spiritual leader, no longer head of state.

Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of The Dalai Lama

Speaks for itself really - the Dalai Lama gives his life story in his own words.

Has rave reviews from readers.

Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of The Dalai Lama

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My Land and My People

The Original Autobiography of His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet

Written by the Dalai Lama when he had only just moved to India.

My Land and My People: The Original Autobiography of His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet

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Kundun

This biography of the Dalai Lama and his family will help you understand the context of the life of the Dalai Lama. Readers have told me this book opened their eyes to the real Tibet - a place where people with real faults and virtues live. Where not everyone is a saint and power struggles are as important as anywhere else in the world.

Available also on DVD and VHS.

Kundun: A Biography of the Family of the Dalai Lama

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Kundun: the movie, the book, the music

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Biography of the Dalai Lama on VHS video or DVD

Movie about the Dalai Lama

Rare material about the life of the head of the Tibetan people in exile.

Biography - Dalai Lama: The Soul Of Tibet [VHS]

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The 14th Dalai Lama - biography for kids

Historical biography by Whitney Stewart

Read more about the life of the Dalai Lama.

The 14th Dalai Lama (A & E Biography (Lerner Paperback))

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