Surviving the Dragon

Arjia Rinpoche, one of the most prominent religious leaders to escape Tibet since the Dalai Lama fled into exile, created the Buddhist Center for Compassion and Wisdom in Mill Valley, CA. Now, he is also the author of a memoir, Surviving the Dragon .

Surviving the Dragon is the story of Arjia Rinpoche's life, growing up as the abbot of Kumbum, one of Tibet's major monasteries. Unlike other stories from Tibet, his memories are not those of suffering and torture under the Chinese but of suffering and fame. As a child, he was treated like a living Buddha; as a young man he emptied latrine; but after the death of Mao Tse Tung, he rose to prominence within the Chinese Buddhist bureaucracy. He became Vice-chairman of the Buddhist Association of China and was slated to become its Chairman.

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