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When interpreting poetry readers rely on their own experiences in order to better understand the text. Alas, these experiences happen to be misleading when the author comes from a vastly different place and time than the reader. This is certainly true in the case of the Sixth Dalai Lama Tsangyang Gyatso, whose love poetry is still being admired and treasured – both by Tibetan and foreign readers....