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Between the 17th century and 1959, the Dalai Lama was the head of the Tibetan government, controlling a large portion of the country from the capital Lhasa.
The current Dalai Lama (the 14th) is a respected Tibetan Buddhist religious leader and figurehead of the International Tibet Independence Movement; in English, he is often granted the style "His Holiness" (or HH) before his title.
The Dalai Lama is often thought to be the head of the Gelug school, but this position officially belongs to the Ganden Tripa (dga' ldan khri pa) (Holder of the Throne of Ganden [dga' ldan], the first monastery established by Tsongkhapa [btsong-ka-pa], founder of the Gelug).
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 Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Tenzin Gyatso
At the age of two the child was recognized as the incarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso.
The Dalai Lama has generally wished to discuss the issue of the status of Tibet, while the Chinese government has insisted that negotiations be limited on the conditions of the Dalai Lama's return to Tibet.
On May 14, 1995 the Dalai Lama proclaimed 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima[?] as the eleventh reincarnation of the Panchen Lama[?].
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 Wikinfo | Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Dalai Lama was born to a farming family as Lhamo Dhondrub on July 6, 1935, in the village of Taktser in the northeastern region of Amdo, a region of traditional Tibet.
Lhamo Dhondrub was elevated to the status of Dalai Lama and renamed Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso ("Holy Lord, Gentle Glory, Compassionate, Defender of the Faith, Ocean of Wisdom").
The Dalai Lama has generally wished to discuss the issue of the status of Tibet within China, while the Chinese government has insisted that negotiations be limited to the conditions of the Dalai Lama's return to Tibet.
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 Tubten Kunga Center :: Teachers
The Dalai Lamas are the manifestations of the Bodhisattva of Compassion, who chose to reincarnate to serve the people.
Lama Thubten Yeshe was born in Tibet in 1935.
He was reborn as Ösel Hita Torres in Spain in 1985, recognized as the incarnation of Lama Yeshe by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 1986, and, as the monk Lama Tenzin Osel Rinpoche, began studying for his geshe degree in 1992 at the reconstituted Sera Monastery in South India.
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 BBC - h2g2 - Great Thirteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet
The Dalai Lama is said to have sent for the monks in charge of the festival and demanded to be told who had given them the authority to wield such abusive power.
The Dalai Lama was the literal embodiment of an ancient lineage, an incarnation of the Bodhisattva of Compassion, the ruler of one of the most inaccessible and forbidding places on earth.
The present Dalai Lama of Tibet is the fourteenth in the lineage.
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 Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thubten Gyatso (Tibetan: ཐུབ་བསྟན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་) (born February 12, 1876; died December 17, 1933), also spelled Thupten Gyatso, was the 13th Dalai Lama of Tibet.
As a result of his contacts with foreign powers and their representatives, the Dalai Lama showed an interest in world affairs and introduced electricity, the telephone and the first motor car to Tibet.
At that time, if we do not dare to protect our territory, our spiritual personalities including the Victorious Father and Son (Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama) may be exterminated without trace, the property and authority of our Lakangs (residences of reincarnated lamas) and monks may be taken away.
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 Dalai Lama - China-related Topics DA-DD - China-Related Topics
Between the 17th century and 1959, the Dalai Lamas were the most powerful political leaders in Tibet, controlling a large portion of the country from their capital at Lhasa.
The Dalai Lama is often thought to be the head of the Gelug, but this position officially belongs to the Ganden Tripa (Holder of the Throne of Ganden, the first monastery established by Lama Je Tsong Khapa, founder of the Gelug).
Until the 14th Dalai Lama's exile in 1959, the Dalai Lamas resided in Lhasa in the Potala Palace during winter and in the Norbulingka residence during summer.
www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Dalai_Lama   (931 words)

  
 Dalai Lama - Buddhist Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Tibetan Buddhists believe the Dalai Lama to be one of the innumerable incarnations of Avalokitesvara ("Chenrezig" [spyan ras gzigs] in Tibetan), the bodhisattva of compassion.
[1] Between the 17th century and 1959, the Dalai Lama was the head of for the Tibetan, controlling a large portion of the country from the capital Lhasa.
The Dalai Lamas continued to rule in Tibet until the China invaded the region in 1949 and then took full control in 1959.
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 Summit Ministries: Resources: Essays
Since the current candidate for the Dalai Lama was still a child[2] and Tibet was led by a weak regency, Tibet lacked a forceful and dynamic leader in a precarious time when the country had lost its British protection and when the communists took control of the Chinese government.
On November 17, Tenzin Gyatso, at the age of 15, was installed as the 14th Dalai Lama.
In 1962, the Dalai Lama commissioned him to teach at Sanskrit University in Benares, India, because he was skilled in the Tibetan, Sanskrit, Pali, Hindi, and English languages.
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 Encyclopedia Search
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 dalilama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the head of state and spiritual leader of the Tibetan people.
At the age of two the child named Lhamo Dhondup was recognized as the incarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso.
Dalai Lama is a Mongolian title meaning "Ocean of Wisdom" and the Dalai Lamas are manifestations of the Bodhisattva of Compassion, Chenrezig.
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 Rogues in Robes
Insistent on keeping China at bay, the 13th Dalai extended a cooperating hand to the Kagyus and the other lineages, and, after centuries of exclusion, the 15th Karmapa was welcomed in Lhasa as a partner and a friend.
The fortunate lamas who had managed to survive the ordeal of the Chinese invasion and the anguish of crossing the Himalayas on foot in winter were now confronted with the enormous task of rebuilding in exile what they could salvage from destruction in Tibet.
Gelo Thyndrub, the Dalai Lama's audacious brother, decided that the best answer to Mao's invasion and destruction of their country was to adapt Tibet and Tibetan policy in exile to the new Communist realities.
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 History of Tibet - China History - China
Lamaism, the system of rule by a caste of Buddhist monks known as lamas, began to develop when the Tibetan kingdom became weak and divided in the 10th century.
The sixth Dalai Lama was deposed by lower monks for erratic behaviour and died in Chengde, the Emperor's summer palace city near Beijing, when he went to court the Emperor and to congratulate Emperor on his 70th anniversary.
In 1713 the Emperor granted the title of Panchen Erdeni to the Fifth Panchen Lama, and declared that the older one among Panchen and Dalai was the teacher of the younger.
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 Books: Too Much of a Good Thing
He acknowledges and spiritedly endorses that Tibetan society in exile is being shaken to the core as it tries to absorb change and the aspirations of youngsters who are still, frustratingly, seen as refugees in a land that has over the centuries mastered the art of sanctuary and assimilation.
Despite a foreword in which the Dalai Lama reiterates his position, The Dalai Lamas of Tibet is ultimately a coffee-table pr exercise.
There's the Great Game and how Thubten Gyatso, the 13th Dalai Lama, played it so well that despite Chinese, British and Russian invasion and influence, he kept intact the authority of the Dalai Lama, which the 14th inherited, built upon and transformed into a global identity of stupendous recall.
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 Dalai lama pic - TibetNet - Private Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Dalai Lama's schedule is usually set seven years in advance, but the Tibetan spiritual The world knows the Dalai Lama is not seeking independence.
The present (fourteenth) Dalai Lama was born in Tibet in 1935.
The Dalai Lama is the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, a disciple of non-violence and a Dalai Lama: Many leaders actually are showing genuine sympathy.
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 Buddhist Masters and Their Organisations: Hi.H.14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso
The concept of reincarnation is fundamental to the continued lineage of the Dalai Lama.
The Dalai Lama gives a commentary on the classic 14th century Kadampa work Rays of the Sun, Training of the Mind famous for its potency in awakening compassion in the human heart.
The dignified and compelling autobiography of H H the 14th Dalai Lama, spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet.
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The Dalai Lamas continued to partially rule in Tibet with, to some extent, autonomic power given by contemporary Chinese governments, until the People\'s Republic of China invaded the region in 1949 and then took full control in 1959.
The current Dalai Lama has repeatedly stated that he will never be reborn inside territory controlled by the People\'s Republic of China [3], and has occasionally suggested that he might choose to be the last Dalai Lama by not being reborn at all.
It is also worth mentioning that the 14th Dalai Lama has stated "Personally, I feel the institution of the Dalai Lama has served its purpose."[5].
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 Sakya Monastery
The lama from whom Deshung Rinpoche took the vows of Refuge was Kunga Nyima, who along with Ngawang Nyima, practiced the meditation on Vajrayogini.
Lama Legpa grounded Deshung Rinpoche in the traditional method of listening to the Dharma, contemplating the teachings, and then practicing them, and he directed Deshung Rinpoche to meet as many great lamas as possible.
Lama Legpa's daily recitation of mantras of Chenrezi greatly inspired Deshung Rinpoche, who seemed always to have this mantra on his lips.
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 DALAI LAMA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A Brief Biography His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the head of state and spiritual leader of the Tibetan people.
Leadership Responsibilities In 1950 His Holiness the Dalai Lama was called upon to assume full political power after China's invasion of Tibet in 1949.
Universal Recognition His Holiness the Dalai Lama is a man of peace.
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 Tibetans celebrate Dalai Lama's birthday - India News
The office of the Dalai Lama was swamped with felicitation messages from his followers, religious leaders, and statesmen from across the world.
The Dalai Lama, meanwhile, was forced to cancel a visit to Europe that was slated for later this month due to minor health problems, officials said.
Born July 6, 1935 at Taktser hamlet in northeastern Tibet, the Dalai Lama at the age of two was recognised as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso.
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 A Brief Biography
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is both the head of state and the spiritual leader of Tibet.
At the age of two the child, who was named Lhamo Dhondup at that time was recognized as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso.
The Dalai Lamas are believed to be manifestations of Avalokiteshvara or Chenrezig, the Bodhisattva of Compassion and patron saint of Tibet.
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 Text of Thubten J. Norbu's Welcoming Speech to His Holiness the Dalai Lama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
En route, the residents of takster, the village that was to be the birthplace of myself and of Your Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, made offerings of food to His Holiness the 13th Dalai Lama.
Following the feast His Holiness, the 13th Dalai Lama gazed at the village, and extending his walking stick, he asked individually about the families in the village.
When he gazed at the home in which Your Holiness, the present Dalai Lama, was born he remarked that it was a lovely home-this is well-known from the oral accounts of the older generation.
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 About the Dalai Lama - Official Site, Dalai Lama Vancouver Visit 2004
A world-renowned spiritual leader, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, describes himself as a "simple Buddhist monk".
His Holiness was born on July 6, 1935 to a farming family in the hamlet of Takster in north-eastern Tibet.
At the age of two he was recognized as the incarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso, and was designated as the new spiritual and temporal leader of the Tibetan people.
www.iar.ubc.ca /programs/tibet/DalaiLamaVancouver/dlv/dalai_lama   (246 words)

  
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Thubten Gyatso (born February 12, 1876; died December 17, 1933), also spelled Thupten Gyatso, was the 13th Dalai Lama of Tibet.
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The Dalai Lama is considered the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism, and the leaders of all four schools consider the Dalai Lama to be the highest lama of the Tibetan traditions.
"Dalai" means "ocean" in Mongolian, and "Lama" (bla ma) is the Tibetan equivalent of the Sanskrit word "guru", and is commonly translated to mean "spiritual teacher".
The actual title was first bestowed by the Mongolian ruler Altan Khan upon Sonam Gyatso in 1578.
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 BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Dalai Lama marks 70th birthday
The Dalai Lama has lived in India since he fled from Chinese troops in 1959, basing his government-in-exile in the hill-top town.
The Dalai Lama also spoke to the journalists outside his home.
The Dalai Lama is revered by the Tibetan people as their spiritual leader.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/4652391.stm   (443 words)

  
 His Holiness the Dalai Lama Biography
The Dalai Lamas are the manifestations of the Bodhisattva (Buddha) of Compassion, who chose to reincarnate to serve the people.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee's decision to award the 1989 Peace Prize to His Holiness the Dalai Lama won worldwide praise and applause, with exception of China.
The CommitteeÕs citation read, "The Committee wants to emphasize the fact that the Dalai Lama in his struggle for the liberation of Tibet consistently has opposed the use of violence.
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 Lhasa Apso - Doggiewoggie - All About Dogs
The original American pair was a gift from Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama to C. Suydam Cutting, arriving in the United States in the early 1930s.
The American Kennel Club officially accepted the breed in 1935 in the Terrier group, and in 1959 transferred the breed to the Non-Sporting group.
Golden Lhasas are said to house the souls of the Dalai Lamas.
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