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Dalai Lama (UK: / ˈ d æ l aɪ ˈ l ɑː m ə /, US: / ˈ d ɑː l aɪ /; [1] [2] Tibetan: ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ་, Wylie: Tā la'i bla ma [táːlɛː láma]) is a title given by Altan Khan, the first Shunyi King of Ming China.
Living a Meaningful Life. October 16 - November 7, 2024. Long Life Prayer Offered by a Group from Taiwan. October 1 - November 7, 2024. The Official Website of The Office of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.
The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, [b] full spiritual name: Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, also known as Tenzin Gyatso; [c] né Lhamo Thondup; [d] is the incumbent Dalai Lama, the highest spiritual leader and head of Tibetan Buddhism.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, describes himself as a simple Buddhist monk. He is the spiritual leader of Tibet. He was born on 6 July 1935, to a farming family, in a small hamlet located in Taktser, Amdo, northeastern Tibet.
Dalai Lama, leader of the dominant Dge-lugs-pa (Gelukpa, also called Yellow Hat) order of Tibetan Buddhists and, until 1959, both spiritual and temporal ruler of Tibet. The current Dalai Lama is the world-renowned 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) who lives in exile in India.
The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, and in the tradition of Bodhisattva he has spent his life committed to benefiting humanity.
14th Dalai Lama (born July 6, 1935, Taktser, Tibet) is the title of the Tibetan Buddhist monk Tenzin Gyatso, the first Dalai Lama to become a global figure, largely for his advocacy of Buddhism and of the rights of the people of Tibet.
The Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lamas are believed by Tibetan Buddhists to be manifestations of Avalokiteshvara or Chenrezig, the Bodhisattva of Compassion and the patron saint of Tibet.
Biographical. His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the spiritual and temporal leader of the Tibetan people. He was born in a small village called Taktser in northeastern Tibet.
The name "Dalai Lama" is a combination of the Mongolic word dalai (' ocean ') [10] and the Tibetan word བླ་མ་ (bla-ma) (' master, guru '). [11] [12] The word dalai corresponds to the Tibetan word gyatso [13] or rgya-mtsho, [14] and, according to Schwieger, was chosen by analogy with the Mongolian title Dalaiyin qan [10] or Dalaiin khan.[citation needed] Others suggest it may have ...