Jetsun Pema
Jetsun PemaTibet, My Story

Tibet, My Story

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Tibet, My Story

An Autobiography

The sister of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Jetsun Pema takes us on a rare and remarkable journey through the Tibet of yesteryear, focusing on ordinary and monastic life, as well as popular traditions, culture and Buddhist wisdom.

About Jetsun Pema

President of the Tibetan Children's Villages and minister of Tibet Government in exile.

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Jetsun Pema-Tibet, mon histoire

Tibet, mon histoire

Jetsun Pema

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Reviews

Jetsun Pema is the younger sister of the Dalai Lama, and has played a major part in the care and education of refugee Tibetan children.This book tells the story of Jetsun Pema's childhood in Tibet before the ruthless Chinese Communist invasion of 1949, and her subsequent flight and education in India, Switzerland and England.
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I bought this book in 1997 after listening to an interview with Jetsun Pema when she first published this autobiography. I was taken with the way she spoke from her heart with commitment and hope about her lost country.
The history of Tibet is a fascinating one - important for the world to learn more about - and Pema is certainly someone who can speak with authority on the actual situation. However, this book could have done with some serious editing.
Jetsun Pema, Virtuous Lotus, given her name by her brother the 14th Dalai Lama, puts across her view of how events unfolded around her, being born just prior to the Chinese occupation. The way she has lived her life, dedicating it to the service of her brother, who is in turn serving the Tibetan people, brings to mind another strong female, Aung San Suu Kyi.

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