For the first time here is the story of the crucible that created the Dalai Lama the world knows today: the Lama's 14-day escape from Tibet to India in 1959, an awe-inspiring feat of courage and endurance that foiled Mao's plans and created the Tibetan government in exile.

eter Kingsley is an honorary professor at both Simon Fraser University in Canada and the University of New Mexico. He is the author of Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic; In the Dark Places of Wisdom; and Reality. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina.

	Contents: ESCAPE from the Land OF SNOWS
	Key Persons	xiii
	Introduction	1
1.	AN EXAMINATION OF PRIOR MEMORIES	7
2.	TO LHASA	23
3.	ACROSS THE GHOST RIVER	41
4.	EASTERN FIRES	57
5.	A RUMOR	69
6.	FOREIGN BROTHERS	95
7.	ACROSS THE KYICHU	111
8.	FLIGHT	127
9.	THE NORBULINGKA	135
10.	OPIM	155
11.	:GODLESS REDS VS. A LIVING GOD"	163
12.	THE JOKHANG	175
13.	LHUNTSE DZONG	191
14.	IN TIBETAN PRISONS	203
15.	THE LAST BORDER	211
16.	MEETING A POET	227
	Epilogue - BONFIRES	247
	Glossary	263
	Bibliography	265
	Notes	271
	Acknowledgments	287
	Index	289