LAND OF THE DALAI LAMA/ TIBET/ Wild environment and tranquil people live in harmony

From: Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph | Date: December 2, 1990| Author: Galen Rowell; Universal Press Syndicate | Copyright information

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize to the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, the religious and political leader of the Tibetan people. . . . The Dalai Lama has developed his philosophy of peace from a great reverence for all things living and upon the concept of universal responsibility embracing all mankind as well as nature. In the opinion of the Committee the Dalai Lama has come forward with constructive and forward-looking proposals for the s...