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Dalai Lama, My Land and My People (1962), is the first autobiography of the Dalai Lama, composed shortly after his escape from Tibet in 1959. Dalai Lama, Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama (1990), is his second autobiography, covering his life in Tibet as well as in exile, including his winning of the Nobel Prize for Peace.
Martin Brauen (ed.), The Dalai Lamas: A Visual History (2005), examines the institution of the Dalai Lamas. The most comprehensive histories of Tibet in the 20th century are Melvyn C. Goldstein, A History of Modern Tibet, 1913–1951: The Fall of the Lamaist State (1989); and Tsering Shakya, The Dragon in the Land of Snows: A History of Tibet Since 1947 (1997).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Media added. | Jun 09, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Digital Commons at University at Buffalo School of Law - Law, Buddhism, and Social Change: A Conversation with the 14th Dalai Lama September 20-21, 2006 (PDF). | Jan 17, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Soul Search - The Dalai Lama's legacy for Tibetans in exile. | Dec 02, 2025 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Jul 13, 2025 | ||
| Modified information about the Gaden Phodrang Trust. | Jul 09, 2025 | ||
| Updated the discussion of the Dalai Lama's succession. | Jul 07, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jul 02, 2025 | ||
| Added top questions and answers. | Jul 01, 2025 | ||
| Media revised. | Jun 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Who is the Dalai Lama and why does he live in exile? | Apr 14, 2025 | ||
| Corrected headlevels. | Aug 28, 2024 | ||
| Expanded the discussions of the Dalai Lama's political and religious thoughts and issues of future succession. | Jul 23, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights - Dalai Lama. | Jun 19, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - 14th Dalai Lama. | Apr 18, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Tibet Museum - A Brief Biography of His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. | Feb 16, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 13, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Central Tibetan Relief Committee - A Brief on H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama. | Jun 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of The 14th Dalai Lama. | May 20, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 23, 2023 | ||
| Link added. | Jan 11, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Columbia University - World Leaders Forum - His Holiness The Dalai Lama. | Jan 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buddhanet - His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (1935 - ). | Aug 22, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 28, 2022 | ||
| Noted that “Dhondup” was also spelled “Thondup.” | Apr 30, 2021 | ||
| Changed title from "Dalai Lama XIV" to "14th Dalai Lama" and added various alternate names. | Sep 13, 2018 | ||
| He won the Templeton Prize in 2012. | Apr 23, 2012 | ||
| Article revised to mention that the Dalai Lama suggested that he appoint his successor and that in 2011 he stepped down as political head of the Tibetan government-in-exile. | Mar 11, 2011 | ||
| Added photograph. | Feb 12, 2010 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jun 24, 2008 | ||
| New article added. | Apr 24, 2008 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Apr 24, 2008 |
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