Surviving the Dragon Quotes

“we are all each other’s teacher.”
― Arjia Rinpoche, Surviving the Dragon: A Tibetan Lama's Account of 40 Years under Chinese Rule

“The social status of a person is as light as a piece of paper, with little weight and easily blown away; however, compassion is a piece of gold, still shining even if it has been buried for a hundred years.”
― Arjia Rinpoche, Surviving the Dragon: A Tibetan Lama's Account of 40 Years under Chinese Rule

“All my friends have become my enemies. All the good things I have done have been cited as evidence of my crime.”
― Arjia Rinpoche, Surviving the Dragon: A Tibetan Lama's Account of 40 Years under Chinese Rule

“you are a servant of the people. And the people are the real bosses.”
― Arjia Rinpoche, Surviving the Dragon: A Tibetan Lama's Account of 40 Years under Chinese Rule

“you were as courageous as a roaring lion beset by cowardly foxes!”
― Arjia Rinpoche, Surviving the Dragon: A Tibetan Lama's Account of 40 Years under Chinese Rule

“Politics is like a child’s game: Sometimes people are enemies, and then they become friends.”
― Arjia Rinpoche, Surviving the Dragon: A Tibetan Lama's Account of 40 Years under Chinese Rule

“Death does not spare anyone; it treats the king and his subjects with total equality.”
― Arjia Rinpoche, Surviving the Dragon: A Tibetan Lama's Account of 40 Years under Chinese Rule