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Dalai Lama

No other living world leader is perhaps as ready recognized for the valued characteristic traits of compassion and peace as His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Not only the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, he is also the head of state and spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. He was born Lhamo Dhondrub on 6 July 1935, in a small village called Taktser in northeastern Tibet. Born to a peasant family, His Holiness was recognized at the age of two
Not only is an extraordinary life as both statesman and spiritual leader, but the Dalai Lama’s remarkable rise to power both mythological and mystical. The story of is discovery is one of awesome significance in that no other world leader has been recognized and trained for their life’s work at such a young age.
The story begins with the death of the 13th Dalai Lama. The search began for the reincarnation of the new 14th Dalai Lama. “When a person dies the Tibetans believe that part of the mind that created the personality falls away.” (Ti...

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