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1 day ago · According to the Dalai Lama, he had a succession of tutors in Tibet including Reting Rinpoche, Tathag Rinpoche, Ling Rinpoche and lastly Trijang Rinpoche, who became junior tutor when he was 19 At the age of 11 he met the Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer, who became his videographer and tutor about the world outside Lhasa. The two remained ...
3 days ago · In 1944, during World War II, two Austrian mountaineers, Heinrich Harrer and Peter Aufschnaiter, came to Lhasa, where Harrer became a tutor and friend to the young Dalai Lama, giving him sound knowledge of Western culture and modern society, until Harrer chose to leave in 1949.
3 days ago · Tibetan Connection: One of the most memorable films set in Tibet, Seven Years in Tibet chronicles the true story of Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer, played by Brad Pitt. After escaping from a British POW camp, Harrer and his companion cross the Himalayas and find sanctuary in the holy city of Lhasa, Tibet's spiritual heart.
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Jun 19, 2024 · Although removed from international affairs, the Dalai Lama learned something of the outside world from magazines and newsreels, as well as from the Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer during the latter’s seven years in Tibet.
Jun 17, 2024 · Seven Years in Tibet is a 1997 American biographical war drama film that follows the journey of Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer during World War II as he escapes from a prisoner-of-war camp and finds himself in Tibet, where he forms a bond with the young Dalai Lama.
1 day ago · Although the author of Seven Years in Tibet, Heinrich Harrer, spent seven years traveling, learning, and enjoying the Tibetan culture and scenery, modern tourists can still have their version of an enlightening journey in Tibet for seven days with the help of this Tibet travel guide.
Jun 6, 2024 · The Nordwand, a 6,000-foot concave rampart, sheened in verglas, was a different proposition — “the epitome,” wrote the Austrian alpinist and explorer Heinrich Harrer, “of everything tragically sensational in mountain climbing.”
