The Dalai Lama of Tibet are unique. A succession of fourteen have been guiding the spiritual life of the Tibetan people for nearly six centuries, and for three hundred years have held secular power as well. Revered as the human embodiment of Chenrezig，the Buddha of Compassion，they choose，out of their great desire to benefit others, to reincarnate life after life as the Dalai Lama.
Thubten Gyatso，the Thirteenth Dalai Lama, was born to a peasant family in 1876. He was discovered，brought to Lhasa and enthroned at the age of three. Educated as a monk，he took over full power when he was eighteen and ruled until his death thirty-seven years later. His rule would prove to be more strong，more radical and more complete than that of any Dalai Lama since the Great Fifth.
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I. The Stage 1. A unique figure in world history 2. How I came to work in Tibet II. How he came 3. What is a Dalai Lama? 4. Discovering him 5. Training him III. Adversity 6. Dark years 7. Diplomacy and war 8. The first exile 9. Golden Peking 10. Chinese troops invade Tibet 11. The flight from Lhasa to India 12. The second exile 13. British neutrality 14. Frequent talks with the Dalai Lama 15. Life in Darjeeling 16. Political struggles 17. The tide turns IV. The two-fold power 18. The Dalai Lama comes back to Tibet 19. The heads of the Tibetan Government 20. The Parliament 21. Difficulties in Government 22. Judge and historian 23. Finance 24. Full Control 25. Gotama, the Buddha 26. What is Tibetan Buddhism? 27. A God on earth 28. Controls the religion 29. Boys, baths and a treaty 30. Retirement after the First World War 31. The Government ask me to return 32. We go to Lhasa 33. A cordial welcome 34. The Dalai Lama's private life 35. Recall from Lhasa postponed 36. Increase the Army? 37. Casting out the evil of the old year 38. The Potala 39. The King's new year 40. People urged to kill us 41. The butter festival 42. Rebellion is threatened 43. The temple 44. Dalai Lama's favourite in danger 45. A day，an illness, and an angry monastery 46. Bringing the rain 47. Men and monasteries 48. The Dalai Lama's theatre party 49. Rebellion 50. End of our visit draws near 51. "We two are men of like mind" VI. Foreign affairs 52. Mongolia, Nepal，Russia, Japan 53. China VII. Later years 54. Dalai and Pan-chen Lamas 55. Dalai Lama turns towards China 56. Occupations in old age 57. His political testament VIII. Changing the body 58. The honourable field 59. Opinions on his rule 60. The return
