A tribute to His Holiness Dalai Lama as flashed on the f.b. on Feb.26,2011.

Bishwa Nath Singh

Let us join to pay our humble obeisance to the lotus feet of His Holiness Dalai Lama who has been a powerful spokesman for Tibet, and Buddhism in general, and has written a number of books on the topic. his consistent opposition to violence was recognized in 1989 with the award pf Nobel Peace Prize.He is known widely as an apstle of Peace.

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Bishwa Nath Singh :
The Dalai Lama was first recognized in the sixteenth century. The first person so designated, a leader of the 'yellow sect' of Tibetan Buddhism named Sonan Gyats, was given the title of the Third Dalai Lama, and his two predecessors were re...cognized as the first and second Dalai Lamas after the fact. It was the fifth Dalai Lama who became the state ruler as well as religious leader of Tibet. 'Dalai Lama' means Ocean of Wisdom, and all holders of the title are assumed to be the earthly incarnation of Avalokitesvara, the bodhisattva of compassion..The current Dalai Lama is the fourteenth of his line, and was born to a farming family in 1935 and given the name Lhamo Dhondrub. He was recognized at the age of two, and brought, with his family, to live in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, at the age of four, where he became His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso. (Dalai Lamas, like Popes, change names upon taking up their office.) He was reared and educated (to the equivalent of a PhD) in the monastery system. When China annexed Tibet in 1959, the Dalai Lama and thousands of his supporters fled into exile. He has lived in Dharamsala, India, since 1960, and heads the Tibetan government-in-exile. Note that China does not recognize Tibet as an independent political entityThe Dalai Lama has been a powerful spokesman for Tibet, and Buddhism in general, and has written a number of books on the topic. His consistent opposition to violence was recognized in 1989 with the award pf Nobel Peace Prize.He is known widely as an apstle of Peace. Let us join to pay our humble obeisance to his lotus feet!
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