Taring, Dolma: Books
Daughter of Tibet: The Autobiography of Rinchen Dolma Taring Paperback – January 25, 1986
by Dolma Taring (Author)
4.6 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
Rinchen Taring was born in 1910 in one of the oldest families in Tibet. She was the first Tibetan girl to speak and write English.
328 pages
January 25, 1986
4.6 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
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Barbara
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Daughter of Tibet: The Autobiography of Rinchen Dolma Taring Paperback – January 25, 1986
by Dolma Taring (Author)
4.6 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
Rinchen Taring was born in 1910 in one of the oldest families in Tibet, and grew up in the close-knit world of Lhasa nobility - a Buddhist society virtually untourhced by the West. She was educated, howevr, in Darjeeling - the first Tibetan girl to speak and write English. She first married Dasang Dadul Tsarong, one time Commander-in-Chief of the Tibetan army, and later Jigme Taring, a prince of Sikkim.
Her story covers the crucial fifty years up to 1959; the freedom, pleasures and tragedies, customs and traditions of Tibetan life, all now destroyed. She recounts too her painful separation from friends and family when she escaped across the Himalayas, following the uprising against the Chinese in 1959 and the flight of the Dalai Lama.
Mrs. Taring has written a new chapter to her story, originally published in 1970, telling of her dedicated work among Tibetan refugee children and old people in India since her exile, and of her recent reunion with many of her family.
In Daughter of Tibet Mrs. Taring tells her story movingly and without artifice. She conveys throughout the humor, kindness, resilience and great faith so characteristic of her people.
324 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1970
Rinchen Taring was born in 1910 in one of the oldest families in Tibet. She was the first Tibetan girl to speak and write English.
328 pages
January 25, 1986
4.6 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
Top reviews
Top reviews from the United States
Barbara
5.0 out of 5 stars
Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2015
Wonderfully informative. This was a well written, heart felt book which gave so much information about life and culture in Tibet. Very honestly written. I found this woman to be incredibly kind and generous in her estimation of people. Yes, she viewed life as s a member of a high class. Aren't all of us shaped by the conditions under which we are brought up. This woman is incredibly honest and mainly just tells unvarnished stories about the fascinating events that occurred in her life.
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Ingrid Asmus
3.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderfully informative. This was a well written, heart felt book which gave so much information about life and culture in Tibet. Very honestly written. I found this woman to be incredibly kind and generous in her estimation of people. Yes, she viewed life as s a member of a high class. Aren't all of us shaped by the conditions under which we are brought up. This woman is incredibly honest and mainly just tells unvarnished stories about the fascinating events that occurred in her life.
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Ingrid Asmus
3.0 out of 5 stars
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2014
Verified Purchase
Nicely written, but a bit nearsighted: I got a bit tired of the assumption that all servants, city and country people universally supported the hierarchy.
Verified Purchase
Nicely written, but a bit nearsighted: I got a bit tired of the assumption that all servants, city and country people universally supported the hierarchy.
I appreciated books like Across Many Mountains, which describe the lives of people in the countryside, rather more. ,
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Tenzin
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Tenzin
5.0 out of 5 stars
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2019
Amazing story of an incredible human, her family, her country, and the combined struggle. Recommend for anyone interested in modern Tibetan history pre-1959 to post-1959, recommend for anyone interested in strong Tibetan woman leaders, recommend for anyone interested in the details of Tibetan culture in old Tibet (pre-1959).
Melanie Mueller
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing story of an incredible human, her family, her country, and the combined struggle. Recommend for anyone interested in modern Tibetan history pre-1959 to post-1959, recommend for anyone interested in strong Tibetan woman leaders, recommend for anyone interested in the details of Tibetan culture in old Tibet (pre-1959).
Melanie Mueller
5.0 out of 5 stars
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2001
Daughter of Tibet provides a rare glimpse into the Tibetan culture prior to the Chinese takeover in the 1950s, courtesy of Mary-la, Rinchen Dolma Taring, whom I had the pleasure to meet in the early 1970s in Mussoorie, India. For those with the ability to temporarily discard the trappings of Western culture, Taring guides the way to learning about everyday Tibetan life, Tibetan politics and that which permeates everything Tibetan, Buddhism. The reader is transported to that magical "Land of the Snows" where, amid the harsh environment, a cheerful, hospitable, learned and deeply religious people flourished.
Daughter of Tibet provides a rare glimpse into the Tibetan culture prior to the Chinese takeover in the 1950s, courtesy of Mary-la, Rinchen Dolma Taring, whom I had the pleasure to meet in the early 1970s in Mussoorie, India. For those with the ability to temporarily discard the trappings of Western culture, Taring guides the way to learning about everyday Tibetan life, Tibetan politics and that which permeates everything Tibetan, Buddhism. The reader is transported to that magical "Land of the Snows" where, amid the harsh environment, a cheerful, hospitable, learned and deeply religious people flourished.
A must-read for anyone interested in Tibet and its current sorrow.
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