The Dalai Lama (UK: / ˈ d æ l aɪ ˈ l ɑː m ə /, US: / ˈ d ɑː l aɪ /; [1] [2] Tibetan: ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ་, Wylie: Tā la'i bla ma [táːlɛː láma]) is the head of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.

The 14th Dalai Lama [b] (born 6 July 1935; full spiritual name: Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, shortened as Tenzin Gyatso; [c] né Lhamo Thondup) [d] is the incumbent Dalai Lama, the highest spiritual leader and head of Tibetan Buddhism.

Sep 15, 2022 · The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, and in the tradition of Bodhisattva he has spent his life committed to benefiting humanity.

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, describes himself as a simple Buddhist monk. He is the spiritual leader of Tibet. He was born on 6 July 1935, to a farming family, in a small hamlet located in Taktser, Amdo, northeastern Tibet.

The Dalai Lama is the fourteenth leader in a line of Buddhist spiritual and political leaders of Tibet. Buddhists are followers of Gautama Buddha (c. 563–c. 483 B.C.E. ), who believed the troubles of this life can be overcome through moral and mental discipline.

Mar 10, 2025 · 14th Dalai Lama (born July 6, 1935, Taktser, Tibet) is the title of the Tibetan Buddhist monk Tenzin Gyatso, the first Dalai Lama to become a global figure, largely for his advocacy of Buddhism and of the rights of the people of Tibet.

6 days ago · Dalai Lama, leader of the dominant Dge-lugs-pa (Gelukpa, also called Yellow Hat) order of Tibetan Buddhists and, until 1959, both spiritual and temporal ruler of Tibet. The current Dalai Lama is the world-renowned 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) who lives in exile in India.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama was born on July 6, 1935 to a Tibetan farming family in the small village of Taktser in Amdo province. He was named Lhamo Thondup, which literally means ‘Wish-Fulfilling Goddess’.

Firstly, as a human being, His Holiness is concerned with encouraging people to be happy—helping them understand that if their minds are upset mere physical comfort will not bring them peace, but if their minds are at peace even physical pain will not disturb their calm.

He is the 14th Dalai Lama but the first to become a global figure. Although the spiritual leader of Tibet, he has been exiled from his homeland since 1959, following an abortive rebellion as China sought to reestablish control of the area.