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Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso

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‘Dalai Lama’ is a nickname means something like “Ocean of Wisdom”. Deeper meaning The Tibetan word ‘Lama’ means “a religious teacher who deserves the respect and devotion of his followers”. (Keynes, 2008, 207). Dalai Lama who considered as religious leader at the Tibetan Buddhists, and his spiritual and temporal leadership, in the region, which suffers internal unrest. His followers saw as the "king of Tibet" and “Successor Buddha,” and called him one of the “advocates of peace”. Buddha means an enlightened one who has understood the truth of the way things really are and is no longer tainted by greed hatred and delusion. (Keynes, 2008, 231). The object of Buddhist practice is happiness, and the end of suffering. Buddhism was created in the sixth century, BCE, making it one …show more content…

He is the spiritual leader of Tibet. He was born on 6th July to a farming family in a small hamlet located in Taktser, China. At the very young age of two, the child who was named Lhamo Dhondup at that time was recognized as the reincarnation of the previous 13th Dalai Lama. At age 15, he assumed political power of Tibet as the Dalai Lama. The People 's Republic of China invaded that same year. Fearing assassination, he and thousands of followers fled to Dharamsala in northern India, where they established an alternative government. Since then, the Dalai Lama has taken numerous actions in hopes of establishing an autonomous Tibetan state within the People 's Republic of China. However, the Chinese government has shown no signs of moving toward peace and reconciliation with Tibet (Biography.com Editors, 24-11-2016, biography). Near 1950, the political landscape of China was changing. Plans were made to bring Tibet officially under Chinese control. But in March 1959, Tibetans took to the streets demanding an end to Chinese rule. Chinese People’s Republic troops crushed the revolt and thousands were

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