14th Dalai Lama

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

Tenzin Gyatso
Standard Tibetan: བསྟན་འཛིན་རྒྱ་མཚོ Wylie transliteration: bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho Tibetan pronunciation: [tɛ̃ ́tsĩ càtsʰo]
Religion	Tibetan Buddhism
Known for	14th Dalai Lama
Other names	Shortened from Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso
Personal
Nationality	Tibetan
Born	Lhamo Thondup, 6 July 1935) (1935-07-06) 6 July 1935 Taktser, Amdo, Tibet
Parents	Choekyong Tsering (father) Diki Tsering (mother)
Senior posting
Title	The 14th Dalai Lama
Period in office	22 February 1940 – present
Predecessor	Trinley Gyatso
Religious career
Reincarnation	Thubten Gyatso
Signature

The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the current holder of the Dalai Lama incarnation lineage.

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 leadership role.

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, cognitive neuroscience, reproductive health, and sexuality, 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

See also

• Tibetan Buddhism
• Dalai Lama

References

Sources

• 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
• Collection of speeches and letters
• H.H. the Fourteenth Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso – at Rigpa Wiki

Videos

Search for videos:

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Selected videos:

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

  Description: "Passing through life, progressing to old age and eventually death, it is not sufficient to just take care of the body. We need to take care of our emotions as well." The Dalai Lama "In daily life, before death actually happens, it's important to accept that sooner or later death will come." The Dalai Lama In 'No Regrets: Advice for Living & Dying' His Holiness the Dalai Lama addresses the profound importance of preparing for dying & how to live a meaningful life. This video provides a rare insight in HHDL as 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. Filmed in Australia at Karuna Hospice Service, HHDL brings compassion, practical advice & wisdom to outline the path for a fulfilling life & a peaceful death.

• The 14th Dalai Lamas' Geshe Examinations in Lhasa, Tibet, 1958

  Description: Rare short documentary film : The 14th Dalai Lama during his final Geshe ( Doctor of divinity ) Examinations in Lhasa, Tibet which took place from the summer of 1958 to February 1959. Produced by The Office of Tibet, New York

• 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)

• Day 1 - Sutra on The Four Noble Truths & Sutra on Dependent Origination

  Description: Day 1 of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's three day teaching on "Dharmachakra Parivaretan - Sutra on The Four Noble Truths" & "Sutra on Dependent Origination" from Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 5-7, 2018 at the request of a group of Indians. His Holiness speaks in Tibetan with an English translation available.

• 24UjPsRFCcg Breathing meditation training by the Dalai Lama

  Description: The video introduces you to the basic techniques of meditation as recommended by one of the best known and most respected spiritual leaders of our times -- His Holiness The Dalai Lama. Though drawing upon Buddhist philosophy the medication is a secular one that anyone can follow. It offers a short introduction as to how we can all be happy and move beyond the inevitable suffering of the human condition, our personal anxieties and struggles.
  
  His Holiness The Dalai Lama is regarded by the millions of followers as an incarnation of Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha aspect for compassion. The practises and teachings on this video teach us how we can cultivate altruism and compassion so that it brings us personal contentment and create a peaceful world. The talk was given to an audience of Indians and Westerners in Dharamsala some years ago.