PRELOVED Dalai Lama, My Son - Diki Tsering

This is a secondhand book. The pages are yellowing and there is a small scuff at the top of the spine, otherwise condition is very good.

In this fascinating memoir the Dalai Lama’s mother tells a compelling woman’s story. With vivid and intimate details, she recounts her life’s humble beginning, the customs and rituals of old Tibet, the births of her sixteen children (only seven of whom survived), learning her son’s remarkable destiny, the family’s arduous move to Lhasa before the Chinese invasion of Tibet, and their escape and eventual exile.
Rich in historic and cultural details, this moving memoir personalises the history of the Tibetan people—the magic of their culture, the role of their women, and their ancient ideals of compassion, faith, and equanimity.

Diki Tsering was born in 1901, in the year of the Iron Ox, and died in 1980.