Tibet and the West

From Hollywood's Himalayan eye-candy to the Dalai Lama's elfish Macintosh grin, from Beastie Boys Buddhism to the proliferation of "Free Tibet!" bumper stickers, it's clear that Tibet has captured the pop mind. Of course, we would not be dreaming of the lost horizon again were it not for the powerful entrance of Tibet's religious consciousness into the West, a process coupled, in ways not always clear, with the nonviolent struggle against China's annexation of the land. But as Prisoners of...