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The Dalai Lama

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Tenzin Gyatso is the 14th and current Dalai Lama. He was proclaimed the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama at age 5 and took responsibility for Tibet at age 15 when China invaded, forcing him to flee to India in 1959. As the Dalai Lama, he is revered as the highest spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism and has advocated for Tibetan independence, winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.

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? Tenzin Gyatso Tenzin Gyatso (or Dalai Lama) is the fourteenth and the current Dalai Lama. He was proclaimed the tulku (rebirth) of the thirteenth Dalai Lama at the age of five.
? Early Tibet Life ? Tenzin Gyatso was born in the 6th of July in 1935 in a farmers family in the northern Tibet. He was the one of the fifth surviving child of 9 children. ? At the age of 15, he took the responbility of Tibet(because China was a powerful threat). ? In 1959 he flee in India for China¡¯s invasion in Tibet territory.
? ? A Tulku is specific way of teachings in Tibetan Buddhism who is given empowerments and trained from a young age by students of his predecessor. Tulku
? ? The current Dalai Lama is food passionate and was a special guest in Masterchef Australia in 2011. Food Passion
? ? In 1989 Tenzin Gyatso was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the chairman of the Nobel committee saying that this was "in part a tribute to the memory of Mahatma Gandhi." Nobel Peace Prize

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The Dalai Lama

  • 2. ? Tenzin Gyatso Tenzin Gyatso (or Dalai Lama) is the fourteenth and the current Dalai Lama. He was proclaimed the tulku (rebirth) of the thirteenth Dalai Lama at the age of five.
  • 3. ? Early Tibet Life ? Tenzin Gyatso was born in the 6th of July in 1935 in a farmers family in the northern Tibet. He was the one of the fifth surviving child of 9 children. ? At the age of 15, he took the responbility of Tibet(because China was a powerful threat). ? In 1959 he flee in India for China¡¯s invasion in Tibet territory.
  • 4. ? ? A Tulku is specific way of teachings in Tibetan Buddhism who is given empowerments and trained from a young age by students of his predecessor. Tulku
  • 5. ? ? The current Dalai Lama is food passionate and was a special guest in Masterchef Australia in 2011. Food Passion
  • 6. ? ? In 1989 Tenzin Gyatso was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the chairman of the Nobel committee saying that this was "in part a tribute to the memory of Mahatma Gandhi." Nobel Peace Prize