The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

Highly Recommend this accessible book- it's a surprise page turner

Pico Iyer is in the enviable position of coming from a privileged British background. Through his father's academic credentials the author was able to meet the Dalai Lama when Iyer was still a rather jaded teenager. The author seems to have recovered from his feelings of entitlement since then and keeps his ego on a short leash so that The Open Road is quite enjoyable.

He has a polished journalistic prose style or voice. The book is very well researched but still reads like a novel and moves right along. I believe that even non-Buddhists will enjoy the unique opportunity to meet the HH Dalai Lama and his remarkable family up close and personal. It is also a great way to learn about the history and plight of the Tibetan people.

I am a practicing Tibetan Buddhist and much of this information was new and helpful to my understanding of my own faith. It hightened my appreciate of the HH DL. He has had a unique life and overcome amazing challenges through his brilliant intellect and spiritual gifts.

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