Pico Iyer evaluates the life of the current Dalai Lama in his The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. In your essay please describe the Dalai Lama as a philosopher, mystic, and monk as found in the section called In Private of the book and then discuss which one of these three aspects of the Dalai Lama that you find most interesting and why.
Write an introductory paragraph.
Discuss the three aspects of the Dalai Lama In Private in roughly a page and a half.
Develop your own argument in roughly a page.
Write a concluding paragraph summarizing your points and thoughts.
If you are quoting something from our reading materials, give only the last name of the author and page number in parenthesis (e.g. (Iyer, 115).
