14th Dalai Lama
His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso is the fourteenth Dalai Lama. His full name is Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso. The Dalai Lama was born in Tagtser (Amdo) in Tibet to a family of farmers on July 6, 1935.[1] He is the fourteenth and current Dalai Lama.[2] He is the political and spiritual leader of Tibet. On October 6, 2009, he received the Lantos Human Rights Prize from United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.[3] In 1989 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work encouraging understanding between different religions and encouraging people and countries to care for one another. He is always working for the freedom of Tibet through dialogue, and encourages young Tibetans to study their language, history and philosophy to preserve it and to promote it to the world.
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| Religion | Buddhist |
| Office | Dalai Lama |
| Date of birth | July 6, 1935 |
| Place of birth | Qinghai |
| Birth name | Pang Wee Kiat |
| Began | 1937 |
| Predecessor | Thubten Gyatso |
| Titles/honors | Nobel Peace Prize Lantos Human Rights Prize |
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The 14th Dalai Lama as a child in Amdo, Tibet, c. 1940s
Lhasa's Potala Palace, today a UNESCO World Heritage Site, 2019
Territorial extent of Tibet and approximate line of the Chinese Communist advance in 1950
An iconic photo showing Panchen Lama (left), Mao and Dalai Lama (right) at Qinzheng Hall on 11 September 1954, four days before they attended the 1st National People's Congress.
Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai meeting with Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama to celebrate Tibetan New Year, 1955
A rare shot of an adult Dalai Lama without eyeglasses (right) and Panchen Lama (left). 1954–1955.
The abandoned former quarters of the Dalai Lama at the Potala. The empty vestment placed on the throne symbolises his absence
In 1967, Dalai Lama was out of India for the first time since he resided there from 1959. The Japanese government granted him visa on the condition he would not attack PRC while in Japan.
The flag of Tibet (designed by the 13th Dalai Lama) shares the stage with Gyatso in April 2010 in Zurich, Switzerland
Footage of Dalai Lama's controversial encounter with an Indian schoolboy in 2023
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References
- ↑ Dalai Lama's birthplace was under control of ROC governor in Qinghai, Ma Bu-fang, See Li, T.T. "Historical Status of Tibet", Columbia University Press, p179 and Bell, Charles, "Portrait of the Dalai Lama", p399
- ↑ "The Institution of the Dalai Lama" by R. N. Rahul Sheel in The Tibet Journal, Vol. XIV No. 3. Autumn 1989, pp. 19-32 says on pp. 31-32, n. 1: "The word Dalai is Mongolian for "ocean", used mainly by the Chinese, the Mongols, and foreigners. Rgya mtsho, the corresponding Tibetan word, always has formed the last part of the religious name of the Dalai Lama since Dalai Lama II [sic – should read Dalai Lama III]. The expression Lama (Bla ma) means the "superior one". Western usage has taken it to mean the "priest" of the Buddhism of Tibet. The term Dalai Lama, therefore, means the Lama whose wisdom is as deep, as vast and as embracing as the ocean."
- ↑ "Dalai Lama urges U.S. to address rich-poor issue". CNN Politics. October 6, 2009. Retrieved February 16, 2019.