14th Dalai Lama

For the Dalai Lama lineage, see Dalai Lama (incarnation lineage).

The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (T. bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho བསྟན་འཛིན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་) is the current holder of the Dalai Lama incarnation lineage within Tibetan Buddhism.

The 14th Dalai Lama was born in Taktser village, Amdo, Tibet and was selected as the tulku of the 13th Dalai Lama in 1937 and formally recognized as the 14th Dalai Lama in 1939. His enthronement ceremony as the Dalai Lama was held in Lhasa on 22 February 1940, and he eventually assumed full temporal (political) duties on 17 November 1950, at the age of 15.

The 14th Dalai served as the temporal leader of Tibet until 1959, when he fled to India after a failed uprising against the the Chinese Communist occupation of Tibet. In India, he served as the leader of the Central Tibetan Administration (the government for the Tibetans in exile) from 1960 until 2011, at which time he retired from his temporal leadership role.

The Dalai Lama continues in his role as a spiritual leader for the Tibetan people. He is also recognized as a spiritual teacher throughout the world.

The 14th Dalai Lama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989. He has traveled the world and has spoken about the welfare of Tibetans, environment, economics, women's rights, non-violence, interfaith dialogue, physics, astronomy, Buddhism and science, and cognitive neuroscience, along with various topics of Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhist teachings. His primary residence is in Dharamsala, India.

Publications

Multi-volume series:

• Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics
• Library of Wisdom and Compassion

See also:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Dalai_Lama#Publications

Videos

Search for videos:

• Search YouTube for: 14th Dalai Lama Buddhism

Selected videos:

• Richard Quest of CNN Interviews His Holiness the Dalai Lama

  Description: His Holiness the Dalai Lama is interviewed by Richard Quest of CNN at his residence in Dharamsala, India on January 28th, 2006. This video is the complete interview, only part of which was broadcast on CNN. Video courtesy of CNN (www.dalailama.com)

• No Regrets: Dalai Lama's Advice for Living & Dying

  Description: The Dalai Lama addresses the profound importance of preparing for dying & how to live a meaningful life. He gives advice to the terminally ill, medical professionals & general public on issues, including grief & loss and emotional & spiritual support at the end of life.

Further reading

• Craig, Mary. Kundun: A Biography of the Family of the Dalai Lama (1997) Counterpoint. Calcutta. ISBN 978-1-887178-64-8
• Bell, Sir Charles (1946). Portrait of the Dalai Lama Wm. Collins, London, 1st edition. (1987) Wisdom Publications, London. ISBN 086171055X
• Iyer, Pico. The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama (2008) Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. ISBN 978-0-307-38755-4
• Knaus, Robert Kenneth. Orphans of the Cold War: America and the Tibetan Struggle for Survival (1999) PublicAffairs. ISBN 978-1-891620-18-8
• Laird, Thomas (2006). The Story of Tibet : Conversations with the Dalai Lama (1st ed.). New York: Grove Press. ISBN 978-0-8021-1827-1. 
• Mullin, Glenn H. (2001). The Fourteen Dalai Lamas: A Sacred Legacy of Reincarnation, pp. 452–515. Clear Light Publishers. Santa Fe, New Mexico. ISBN 978-1-57416-092-5.
• Richardson, Hugh E. (1984). Tibet & Its History. 1st edition 1962. 2nd edition, Revised and Updated. Shambhala Publications, Boston. ISBN 978-0-87773-376-8 (pbk).
• Shakya, Tsering. The Dragon In The Land Of Snows (1999) Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11814-9
• United States. Congressional-Executive Commission on China. The Dalai Lama: What He Means for Tibetans Today: Roundtable before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, First Session, 13 July 2011. Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 2012.

External links

• His Holiness 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet - official website