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My Appeal to the World
Contributor(s): Lama, H. H. The Dalai (Author), Stril-Rever, Sofia (Compiled by)

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 ISBN: 0967011566     ISBN-13: 9780967011561
Publisher: Tibet House
OUR PRICE: $25.46  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: March 2015
* Out of Print *
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Buddhism - Tibetan
Dewey: 951.505
LCCN: 2014034290
Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" L (1.70 lbs) 400 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Buddhist
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 03/16/2015
 
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Publisher Description:
His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama is the foremost spokesperson for the people of the Tibetan Plateau--although his home is in India, in the Himalayan foothills, where he has been forced to live in exile since 1959. As a Buddhist monk, his main focus has been the spiritual life, and the leadership of his people in exile, ensuring their survival and preserving their unique Buddhist culture, while appealing to the world to stop the destruction of their homeland and the six million Tibetans oppressed within it.
Every March 10th, from 1961 until 2011, in commemoration of the greatest uprising of the Tibetan people against the Chinese military occupation, the Dalai Lama delivered an appeal to the world on behalf of his people. Each statement is a heartfelt call to recognize the truth and the factual reality of Tibet's history and situation; a cry for help, a plea for justice, and a pledge of determination to withstand the worst and to overcome. In these annual addresses, he began to articulate and fully express his overarching appeal to humanity.
All of the Dalai Lama's March 10th speeches, at their most poignant and eloquent, are collected here, introduced and historically contextualized by Sofia Stril-Rever, an author and scholar of Tibetan history and culture and Buddhist spirituality who has long served as his French translator.
Here in this book is his appeal to us all. The people of all nations have heard it and have tried to help, but their governments still have not dared to stand up effectively for justice on behalf of the Tibetan people and for recognition of the basic human rights to which we all are entitled.
The question therefore remains: Who will finally respond to this appeal in time to prevent the ultimate disaster that is looming on the roof of the world?
 
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