Dalai Lama

Concept: Manuel Bauer

Editor: Gaden Phodrang Foundation of the Dalai Lama

Texts: Thupten Jinpa

Captions: Christian Schmidt

Selection of photographs: Manuel Bauer, Clemens Widmer, Thomas Kramer

Translation of the captions: Bronwen Saunders, Basel

Copy editing and Proofreading: Bronwen Saunders, Basel Design: Clemens Widmer, Zurich

Scans and image processing: Christian Spirig, Bilderbub GmbH

Pre­press: DZA Druckerei zu Altenburg, Thüringen

Printing and binding: Gugler Medien GmbH, Melk/Donau

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© for the texts: Thupten Jinpa

© for the captions: Christian Schmidt

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English edition: ISBN 978­3­ 03942­238­8

German edition: ISBN 978­3­ 03942­237­1

French edition: ISBN 978­3­ 03942­272­2