Essay About Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama

Ava Nayar

Religion Task

Mrs Kimble

Introduction

The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, describes himself as a simple monk, yet is perceived as the spiritual leader of tibet. Tibet is located to the south-west of China, also bordering India, Nepal, Burma and Bhutan. The Dalai Lama was situated in strict seclusion in Tibet from the time he was two years old, only communicating with his immediate family and treated as a virtual prisoner. Tibetans believed without the Dalai Lama, there would be no Tibet. In 1959, the Dalai Lama escaped to India in exile. In 1989, the Dalai Lama won the Noble Peace Prize and reached worldwide fame. His envoy of compassion and aura, draw society in and has attracted significant figures, including Barack Obama, Michael Jackson, Nelson Mandela and many more. The Dalai Lama is not only popular for his escape nor books, but for the leadership role he has partaken in society and his participation in
His birth name is Lhamo Dobdrub. Lhamo Dondrub was born into a farming family, in which grew, potatoes, buckwheat, potatoes and raised sheep on their farm. The Dalai Lama had four brothers and two sisters, his mother was described as the kindest person yet his father was perceived as ‘quick tempered’. The Dalai Lama now lives in McLeod Ganji in India and is now 82 years of age. “Dalai” means “ocean” and “Lama” means “teacher or wise person” so therefore Dalai Lama means “ocean of wisdom”. The Dalai Lama was found at the age of two and as soon as he was five years old enrolled at the local monastery to begin his journey. At the age of fifteen, Lhamo was enthroned as the fourteenth Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama studied until the age of twenty five, which was during the process of the Tibetan and China debacle. The Dalai Lama escape Tibet in exile, beginning his life in India. He is the first Dalai Lama to travel to the West to raise support for