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Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama. An honorific title derived from Mongolian, the first part of which (dalai) means ‘ocean’. Altan Khan, the Mongol ruler of Kokonor, conferred this title on the early
Gelukpa teacher Snam Gyatsho (bsod-nams rgya-mtsho, 1543–88) in 1578. The same title was then applied retrospectively to his two previous incarnations, Gendün Drup (dge-'dun grub) 1391–1474 and Gendün Gyatsho (dge-'dun rgya-mtsho) 1476–1542, who became known respectively as Dalai Lama I and Dalai Lama II. From that time onwards, the successive incarnations through to the current
Dalai Lama XIV have all been given this title. From the time of the
Dalai Lama V in the mid-18th century, the Dalai Lamas were the titular heads of state in
Tibet as well as the spiritual leaders of the Gelukpa. See also
Mongolia.
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Dalai Lama Calls for Tibetan Referendum
News Wire article from: AP Online; 11/27/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...away with Dalai Lamas or naming a successor...which accuses the Dalai Lama of seeking independence...spiritual leaders, or lamas _ including the Dalai Lama _ has been carried...over reincarnate lamas which the Chinese...However, the Dalai Lama acknowledged ...
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Dalai Lama: Tibetans to hold referendum on new spiritual leadership
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 11/27/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...appoint a new Dalai Lama after his death...doing away with Dalai Lamas or changing the...leaders, known as lamas _ and including the Dalai Lama _ has been carried...over reincarnate lamas which the Chinese...However, the Dalai Lama, acknowledged...
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Dalai Lama discovers pitfalls of politics: ; Unrest in Tibet puts strain on leadership
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 3/29/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...a little more than a week, the Dalai Lama has suggested that he might resign...s a reincarnation of previous dalai lamas. Instead, his threat is to quit...In New Delhi on Tuesday, the Dalai Lama deplored the violence that has...
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 "Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)")
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Dalai Lama sheds politics for divine: Exiled Tibetan leader will offer his first Buddhist teaching in Chicago on Sunday.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 5/6/2007; 700+ words
; ...whose location is unknown. But the Dalai Lama has acknowledged that the Chinese...creating the possibility of dueling Dalai Lamas after his death. Shouldering Tibet...left open the possibility that the Dalai Lama as we know it could come to an...
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 "Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT)")
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Dalai Lama: Quietly Serious, And Funny.
Newspaper article from: Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT); 5/10/2007; 700+ words
; ...two years later as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama. All Dalai Lamas are believed to be enlightened beings who have chosen to be reborn as the next Dalai Lama in order to serve humanity. Since taking power...
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Dalai Lama sheds politics for divine.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 5/5/2007; 700+ words
; ...whose location is unknown. But the Dalai Lama has acknowledged that the Chinese...creating the possibility of dueling Dalai Lamas after his death. He has also left open the possibility that the Dalai Lama as we know it could come to an...
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Dalai Lama says Tibet is better off within China
Newspaper article from: Belfast Telegraph; 10/19/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...No,] the Chinese government most probably will appoint another Dalai Lama, like it did with the Panchen Lama. Then there will be two Dalai Lamas, one the Dalai Lama of the Tibetan heart, and one that is officially appointed."
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Dalai Lama finds it harder to lead than teach
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 3/28/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...a little more than a week, the Dalai Lama has suggested he might resign if...s a reincarnation of previous dalai lamas. Instead, his threat is to quit...In New Delhi on Tuesday, the Dalai Lama deplored the violence that has...
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The Dalai Lama.(Interview)
Magazine article from: The Progressive; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...fellow countrymen. The Dalai Lama is an inveterate traveler and...Atom. Accounts of the Dalai Lamas life appear in two Hollywood...for world peace," said the Dalai Lama in his acceptance speech...continue to suffer so much." The Dalai Lama is perhaps one of the most...
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Successor to Dalai Lama Mulled
News Wire article from: AP Online; 8/9/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...successors to high lamas, who Tibetan Buddhists...help mankind. The Dalai Lama, who turned 66...can ordain high lamas. The Dalai Lama lives with other...incarnation of the Dalai Lamas. Naming the 7th Reting Lama would give Beijing...
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Dalai Lama
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...during his reign that the Dalai Lama was confirmed by "newly...only of the previous Dalai Lamas but also of the Buddhist...China. The 14th Dalai Lama, then, inherited his...each of the previous Dalai Lamas as well as the 74th manifestation...
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Dalai Lama, The Fourteenth (1935-)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Dalai Lama, The Fourteenth (1935-) The Dalai Lama...with the degree of Lharampa Geshe. The Dalai Lama had little time to enjoy his position...fruit. Through the 1990s, the maturing Dalai Lama, who travels widely, has also arisen...
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Dalai Lama V
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism
Dalai Lama V (1617–82). Losang Gyatsho...mtsho), often deemed to be the greatest Dalai Lama on account of his political acumen...political dominance of the office of the Dalai Lama and the Gelukpa school in general...
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Dalai Lama XIV
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism
Dalai Lama XIV (1935– ). Tenzin Gyatso (Tib., bstan-'dzin rgya-mtsho). The current Dalai Lama now living in exile. Following the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1950...
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Songs of the Sixth Dalai Lama
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism
Songs of the Sixth Dalai Lama. The popular short collection of secular poem-songs composed by the controversial and tragic Dalai Lama VI , Tshangyang Gyatsho (Tib., Tshang-dbyangs rgya-mtsho...
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