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Work #1163 · Mid

Freedom in Exile

Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
1990 · English (composed with Alexander Norman; based on Tibetan-language interviews)
Autobiography · Tibetan Buddhism / Gelug school / Modern Buddhist exile literature

Tenzin Gyatso's 1990 autobiography — childhood in Tibet, Chinese invasion, exile in Dharamsala

Attribute Fingerprint

Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.

Attribute Freedom in Exile (Mid)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Finite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Singular
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Impersonal
Observer · Moral Authority Tradition
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Reversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Freedom in Exile

The 1935-1990 narrative arc; the Tibetan religious-philosophical inheritance.

Space

Freedom in Exile

Tibet, Dharamsala, the broader global exile geography.

Matter

Freedom in Exile

The embodied Tenzin Gyatso as participant in his own story.

Observer

Freedom in Exile

The Dalai Lama as proper autobiographical subject.

Energy

Freedom in Exile

The religious-political energies of the modern Tibetan struggle.

Information

Freedom in Exile

The autobiographical content of the major exile-narrative.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Freedom in Exile

The Dalai Lama's autobiography is universally cited as a foundational document of the modern Tibetan exile; Chinese official narratives contest the political-historical framework.