Iyer, Pico. <br/><br/>
The open road :  the global journey of the fourteenth Dalai Lama / 
Pico Iyer. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Alfred A. Knopf,  2008. 
 - viii, 275 p. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> This book is the first serious consideration of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama's work and ideas as a politician, scientist, and philosopher. Author Iyer has been engaged in conversation with the Dalai Lama (a friend of his father's) for three decades--an ongoing exploration of his message and its effectiveness. Now, Iyer captures the paradoxes of the Dalai Lama's position: though he has brought the ideas of Tibet to world attention, Tibet itself is being remade as a Chinese province; though he was born in one of the remotest, least developed places on earth, he has become a champion of globalism and technology. He is a religious leader who warns against being distracted by religion; a Tibetan head of state who suggests that exile from Tibet can be an opportunity; an incarnation of a Tibetan god who stresses his humanity. Iyer illuminates the hidden life, the transforming ideas, and the daily challenges of a global icon.--From publisher description. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780307267603 (alk. paper) 0307267601 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007043991 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Bstan-®dzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV,  1935- 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>L984o 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>294.3/923092  B