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His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama

Uploaded by spootyhead on Mar 04, 2007

His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama

“For as long as space endures
And for as long as living beings remain,
Until then may I too abide
To dispel the misery of the world”(The Office of Tibet).

He often cites this favorite verse, found in the writings of the renowned eighth century Buddhist saint Shantideva, to explain his greatest source of inspiration. He is the 14th Dalai Lama.
His Holiness Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso is the head of state and spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. He was born on 6 July 1935 by the name of Lhamo Dhondrub, in a small village, Taktser in the northeastern part of Tibet, to a peasant family. His Holiness was recognized at the age of two as the reincarnation of his predecessor, the 13th Dalai Lama. He began his religious education at six and completed the Geshe Lharampa Degree, the Doctorate of Buddhist Philosophy, when he was twenty-five.

His enthronement ceremony took place on 22 February 1940 in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. At 24, he took the preliminary examinations at each of the three monastic universities, Drepung, Sera and Ganden. He took the final examination in the Jokhang at Lhasa during the annual Monlam Festival of Prayer, held during the first month of every year in the Tibetan calendar.

The Dalai Lamas are the manifestations of the Bodhisattva or Buddha of Compassion, who reincarnate, to serve the Tibetan people. As Dalai Lama, Lhamo Dhondrub was given the name Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso that means Holy Lord, Gentle Glory, Compassionate, Defender of the Faith and Ocean of Wisdom. People call His Holiness, Yeshe Norbu that means the Wish fulfilling Gem or simply Kundun, The Presence (The Office of Tibet).

In 1950 His Holiness was called upon to assume full political power after China's invasion of Tibet in 1949. In 1954 he went for peace talks with Mao Zedong and other Chinese leaders, including Deng Xiaoping, in Beijing, which ended in disaster. But finally, in 1959, with the brutal suppression of the Tibetan national uprising in Lhasa by Chinese troops, the Dalai Lama was forced to escape into exile. Since then he has been living in Dharamsala in northern India (ABC News).

Over the decades the 66-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner continued to seek autonomy for Tibet that China considers to be a part...

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Date:   03/04/2007

Category:   Religion

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