The Hidden Life of the Sixth Dalai Lama (Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture)

by KurtisR.Schaeffer (Preface), SimonWickham-Smith (Preface), NgawangLhundrupDargye (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2011

  $103.72

  This is the first English translation of a Dalai Lama's biography, and is highly significant for the historical study of the Gaden Phodrang period, around the turn of the seventeenth century. It is not only a biography, but a historical narrative of a legendary character, and illustrates the nature and understanding of Tibetan hagiographical and mystical literature within a sociopolitical context.

• New

  Paperback
  2011

  $48.27

  This is the first English translation of a Dalai Lama's biography, and is highly significant for the historical study of the Gaden Phodrang period, around the turn of the seventeenth century. It is not only a biography, but a historical narrative of a legendary character, and illustrates the nature and understanding of Tibetan hagiographical and mystical literature within a sociopolitical context.