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Freedom in Exile (1991) is his autobiography. Roger Hicks and Nga-kpa Chögyam, Great Ocean (1984, reissued 1990), is an authorized biography. Noel Barber, From the Land of Lost Content: The Dalai Lama’s Fight for Tibet (1969), is based on interviews with numerous people. Sidney Piburn (compiler), The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness, 2nd ed. (1993), is a collection of essays by and about him.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Media added. | Jun 09, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Late Night Live - The looming struggle over the Dalai Lama's succession. | Mar 20, 2026 | ||
| Added discussion of the golden urn and cross-references. | Jul 13, 2025 | ||
| Added to the discussion of the 14th Dalai Lama's potential succession. | Jul 03, 2025 | ||
| Added questions and answers. | Jul 01, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - The Dalai Lama Talks Chinese Reforms, Tibetan Challenges. | Dec 10, 2024 | ||
| Added a discussion of the nature and role of the Dalai Lama in Tibetan Buddhism. | Aug 27, 2024 | ||
| Link added. | Oct 06, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Central Tibetan Relief Committee - A Brief on H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama. | Jun 28, 2023 | ||
| Link added. | Jan 11, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Globalsecurity.org - Dalai Lama. | Apr 27, 2022 | ||
| Noted that “Thondup” is also spelled “Dhondup.” | Apr 30, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Learn Religions - What's a "God-King"? | Feb 16, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Age of the Sage - Transmitting the Wisdoms of the Ages - Biography of Dalai Lama. | Jan 20, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Biography of Dalai Lama. | Jan 20, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Iloveindia.com - Biography of Dalai Lama. | Jan 11, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Nobel Prize - Dalai Lama. | Jan 11, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Biography of Dalai Lama. | Jan 11, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: DalaiLama.com - Biography of Dalai Lama. | Jan 11, 2013 | ||
| Article revised to mention that the 14th Dalai Lama suggested installing his successor by appointment rather than by reincarnation and stepped down in 2011 as head of the Tibetan government-in-exile. | Mar 11, 2011 | ||
| Table "Dalai Lamas" added. | Sep 02, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: Offcial Site of the Office of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. | Sep 28, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 12, 2004 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 16, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Apr 28, 1999 |
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