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Bill Tammeus's FAITH MATTERS

THE BOOK CORNER "In the Shadow of the Buddha: Secret Journeys, Sacred Histories and Spiritual Discovery in Tibet", by Matteo Pistono.

This is the remarkable and engaging story of a man who first went to Tibet to study Buddhist ways and who became, eventually, a political activist who, as a journalist, seeks to tell the world of the pain and suffering the Tibetan people have suffered -- and continue to suffer -- at the hands of their Chinese overlords. This is a story not just of the Tibetan people and their oppressors but also of Buddhist leaders, such as the exiled Dalai Lama, who have worked on the international stage to tell the story of Tibet and to bring changes to and for their people. As a good companion book, I also recommend "Surviving the Dragon", by Arjia Rinpoche, which I wrote about last year here after meeting Rinpoche in Indiana.
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