Dalai Lama
Names
Tenzin Gyatso
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso
Born Lhamo Döndrub (Tibetan: ལྷ་མོ་དོན་འགྲུབ་; Wylie: lha-mo don-'grub)
Often referred to simply as "His Holiness" (HH), or "His Holiness The Dalai Lama", Tibetans usually call the Dalai Lama by the epithets Gyalwa Rinpoche, meaning "Precious Victor", or Yishin Norbu, meaning "Wish-fulfilling Jewel." "Lama" (meaning "teacher") is a title given to many different ranks of Tibetan Buddhist clergy.
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Dates
b. 6 July 1935
Other Biographical Information
Writings
Full list from official website
Selection:
Freedom in Exile. The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama. New York: Harper Collins, 1990. (The fullest account, written in English.)
My Land and My People. Memoirs of the Dalai Lama of Tibet. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1962, Reprinted, New York: Potala Corp., 1983, 1985. (His first account, translated from Tibetan, written with David Howarth, English writer, after escaping to India.)
Ocean of Wisdom. Guidelines for Living. Santa Fe, N.M.: Clear Light Publ., 1989. Reprinted, San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1990. (Includes Nobel acceptance speech.)
Writings About Dalai Lama
A Policy of Kindness. An Anthology of Writings by and about the Dalai Lama. Sidney Piburn, ed., Ithaca, NY Snow Lion Press, 1990. (Includes the official Nobel lecture and the informal lecture.)
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