Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Gratitude xi
4. Preface xiii
5. Homage xxiii
6. Entering the City of Omniscience: An Aspiration Prayer for Actualizing Words of Truth xxxi
7. Foreword xxxv
8. PART I Land of My Ancestors
9. Chapter 1 History of Nyarong, Kham, My Birthplace 1
10. Chapter 2 The Gyari Family: Descendants of Nyarong Gönpo Namgyal 9
11. Chapter 3 My Spiritual Lineage: The Mindrolling Tradition and Lumorab Monastery 27
12. Chapter 4 The Gyaritsang’s Involvement in the Tibetan Resistance 41
13. Chapter 5 Our Flight from Nyarong 59
14. Chapter 6 The Journey to Lhasa 66
15. Chapter 7 From Mindrolling to Exile in India 76
16. PART II Tibet Restored: Reuniting the Tibetan People
17. Chapter 8 A Unified Tibet: Centerpiece of the Tibetan Struggle 105
18. Chapter 9 Tibetan Exile Organizations: Too Often Compromised by Conflicting Agendas and Personality Disputes 128
19. Chapter 10 Repercussions from Divisions Within the Tibetan Community in Exile 194
20. Chapter 11 Tibetans Inside Tibet: Flag Bearers of a Unified Tibet 211
21. PART III Thirty Years of Engagement with the PRC
22. Introduction 231
23. Chapter 12 The Early Years 1979–1984 237
24. Chapter 13 Tibet’s Rise to Prominence on the International Stage: Adoption of the Middle Way Approach 274
25. Chapter 14 Developing United States Support for Tibet 315
26. Chapter 15 India, Our Home Away from Home 377
27. Chapter 16 Assistance from Other Asian Nations, Europe, Nongovernmental Organizations, and Dharma Centers 406
28. Chapter 17 The 1990s Renewal of Efforts to Engage Beijing 453
29. Chapter 18 Fits and Starts: Reengaging the United Front 485
30. Chapter 19 Formal Dialogue Begins 530
31. Chapter 20 Nine Rounds of Dialogue 570
32. Chapter 21 Status of Relationship, Obstacles to Reconnection, and Recommendations 610
33. Appendix A: Na-gan Thumoche: The Great Oath of Unity 641
34. Appendix B Tibetan Policy Act 647
35. Appendix C: Selected Press Releases 653
36. Appendix D: Memorandum on Genuine Autonomy for the Tibetan People (Translated from the original Tibetan) 659
37. Appendix E: Note on the Memorandum on Genuine Autonomy for the Tibetan People 673
38. Notes 687
39. Selected Bibliography 713
40. Index 717