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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

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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.

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Time

Freedom in Exile

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

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Space

Freedom in Exile

Tibet, Dharamsala, the broader global exile geography.

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Matter

Freedom in Exile

The embodied Tenzin Gyatso as participant in his own story.

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Observer

Freedom in Exile

The Dalai Lama as proper autobiographical subject.

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Energy

Freedom in Exile

The religious-political energies of the modern Tibetan struggle.

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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.