Feb 3, 2025 · The Dalai Lama, born Lhamo Thondup on July 6, 1935, in Taktser, China, is the spiritual leader and former political leader of Tibet, recognized as the 14th Dalai Lama following an extensive search for the reincarnation of his predecessor.

Apr 11, 2023 · The spiritual leader was asked whether his statement could be seen as objectifying women and whether taking on the mantle of the Dalai Lama should be about who a person is on the inside.

The 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 the head of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.

It is believed that the life-spirit of the deceased transfers to the newly found child, who takes on the pre-ordained mantle of the Dalai Lama. Biography: A world-renowned spiritual leader, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, describes himself as a “simple Buddhist monk”.

The 14th Dalai Lama [b] (born 6 July 1935; full spiritual name: Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, shortened as Tenzin Gyatso; [c] né Lhamo Thondup) [d] is the incumbent Dalai Lama, the highest spiritual leader and head of Tibetan Buddhism.

Jan 28, 2011 · The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

Mar 11, 2025 · Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, writes in a new book that he intends to be reincarnated outside China and called on the Tibetan people to reject any successor chosen by Beijing.

Mar 30, 2014 · The Dalai Lama is the high lama and spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism. The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, has been the Dalai Lama since 1935 and is based in Dharamshala, India after fleeing from Tibet.

6 days ago · The Dalai Lama is the head of the dominant Dge-lugs-pa (Gelukpa, or Yellow Hat) order of Tibetan Buddhists and, until 1959, both spiritual and temporal ruler of Tibet. Tenzin Gyatso is the 14th and current Dalai Lama who has lived in exile since 1959.

Tibet's Karmapa Lama is revered by followers as a 900-year-old soul in the body of a youth, and tipped to assume the mantle of Tibetan spiritual leadership when the present Dalai Lama dies.