Dalai Lama
Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader
The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the head of Tibetan Buddhism and a Nobel Peace Prize winner.
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Tibetan Born 1935 in Taktser, People's Republic of China
About Dalai Lama
The 14th Dalai Lama was born Lhamo Thondup in 1935 to a farming family in Taktser, in the Amdo region of Tibet. He took on political leadership of Tibet in 1950 and held it until he went into exile in 1959. After escaping to India in 1959, he established a Tibetan government in exile, which is based in Dharamshala. In 2011 he stepped back as its political head to make way for a democratic government. He has taught and spoken widely about Buddhism, kindness, compassion, care for the environment and world peace. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989. Our catalog includes his book The Book of Joy.