Mayank Chhaya

Dalai Lama Mayank Chhaya

An authorised biography of one of the world's greatest spiritual leaders. Written with the full co-operation of the Dalai Lama, this fascinating, up-to-date biograpy captures at one the public persona and enduring mystery behind one of the world's most important spiritual leaders. This is an authorized biography by an Indian journalist who did his research homework and had access to the Dalai Lama. The author also brings a familiarity with Asian politics, an essential frame of reference for understanding the complex situation of the Tibetan spiritual and political leader who has spent close to 50 years in exile in India. The end product is balanced-neither debunking nor hagiographic, but taking a Buddhist-style Middle Way toward its subject, even though the author is not himself a Buddhist. Particularly fascinating and demystifying is the account of the Dalai Lama's earliest years.' - Publishers Weekly. In examining the life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama as an individual in the context of his different roles as man, monk, and mystic, Mayank Chhaya has succeeded in presenting an engaging portrait of one of the worlds great leaders.' - Desmond Tutu