ICT BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Tibet books to read while you stay home
During the coronavirus outbreak, all of us at the International Campaign for Tibet are working from home, doing our part to limit the pandemic’s spread.
But now that we’re also spending more time indoors in the evenings and on the weekends, we need good books to read. No doubt many of you do too.
So today, on World Book Day, we’re sharing our recommendations of what to read while you stay home.
Help ICT
Below is the full list of books we recommend.
We do have one request: If you decide to shop from Amazon, please use AmazonSmile. You should be able to find print copies of most of these books on there, and Amazon will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of qualifying items to ICT.
Just go to smile.amazon.com/ch/52-1570071 and designate ICT as your charity of choice in this free program. Then, buy your books, and your purchases could help fuel our advocacy for the Tibetan people.
Tibet books to read while you stay home
During the coronavirus outbreak, all of us at the International Campaign for Tibet are working from home, doing our part to limit the pandemic’s spread.
But now that we’re also spending more time indoors in the evenings and on the weekends, we need good books to read. No doubt many of you do too.
So today, on World Book Day, we’re sharing our recommendations of what to read while you stay home.
Help ICT
Below is the full list of books we recommend.
We do have one request: If you decide to shop from Amazon, please use AmazonSmile. You should be able to find print copies of most of these books on there, and Amazon will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of qualifying items to ICT.
Just go to smile.amazon.com/ch/52-1570071 and designate ICT as your charity of choice in this free program. Then, buy your books, and your purchases could help fuel our advocacy for the Tibetan people.
CAPTURED IN TIBET
By: Robert Ford
Tencho Gyatso, our director of outreach, recommends this book written by the first and only foreigner employed by the Tibetan government in 1950 about his experience of being in Tibet during the final years of her independence.
THE MONK AND THE PHILOSOPHER
By: Jean-Francois Revel and Matthieu Ricard
Lesley Rich, our director of special programs, recommends this fascinating dialogue between Matthieu Ricard—a Tibetan Buddhist monk—and his father, Jean-Francois Revel, a famous French intellectual.
Watch Matthieu Ricard’s TED talk on altruism »
THE 14TH DALAI LAMA: A MANGA BIOGRAPHY
By: Tetsu Saiwai
Rinchen Tashi, our deputy director for Chinese outreach, recommends this graphic novel that illustrates the incredible life’s journey of Tibet’s spiritual leader.
THE DALAI LAMA: AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE
By: Alexander Norman
John N., our advocacy officer, recommends this first authoritative biography of the Dalai Lama, which came out just two months ago.
SAMSARA, NIRVANA, AND BUDDHA NATURE
By: The Dalai Lama and Thubten Chodron
Ashwin Verghese, our communications officer, recommends this insightful look into the suffering of an unpurified mind and the bliss of a purified mind.
THE MOUNTAINS OF TIBET
By: Mordicai Gerstein
Lizzy Ludwig, our director of development, recommends this luminous children’s book about a simple Tibetan woodcutter’s journey to reincarnation.
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We hope our book recommendations will help you stay positive—and stay indoors!—as we all wait for the pandemic to pass.
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