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His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, was born on July 6, 1935 at Tak-Tse of Doemey Province in Tibet. He is the spiritual and temporal leader of the Tibetan people. Unlike leaders of the other countries, he does not achieve his position by succession, election, appointment, or force. Read the rest of this entry »
The Thirteenth Dalai Lama, Thupten Gyatso, was born in the year of the Fire Bird on 5th May’ 1876 at Lhoka Dagpo in south Tibet to Kunga Rinchen and Lobsang Dolma, a peasant couple. In 1878, he was recognized as Read the rest of this entry »
The Twelfth Dalai Lama, Thupten Gyatso was born on 1st December 1856 in Lhoka, a place near Lhasa to Phuntsok Tsewang and Tsering Yudon. At that time, there had been three nominations for the reincarnation of the Dalai Read the rest of this entry »
The Eleventh Dalai Lama, Khedrup Gyatso, was born on 1st November’ 1838 at Gathar in Kham Minyak to Tsetan Dhondup and Yungdrung Bhuti. In 1841 he was recognized as the new Dalai Lama and the Read the rest of this entry »
The Tenth Dalai Lama, Tsultrim Gyatso, was born on 29th March’ 1816 in Lithang in Kham to Lobsang Dakpa and Namgyal Bhuti. In 1822, he was recognized and enthroned in the Potala Palace and in the same year, he Read the rest of this entry »
The Ninth Dalai Lama, Lungtok Gyatso was born in 1805 at a small village near Choekor monastery in Dotoe region to Tenzin Choekyong and Dhondup Dolma. Read the rest of this entry »
The Eighth Dalai Lama, Jamphel Gyatso, was born in 1758 at Lhari Gang in the Tsang region of southwestern Tibet. His father, Sonam Dhargye, and mother, Phuntsok Wangmo, were originally from Kham and traced their ancestry to Dhrala Tsegyal, one of the legendary heroes of the Gesar epic.
In retrospect, the Tibetan believed that Tsangyang Gyatso predicted his own rebirth at Lithang in Kham when he wrote this song:
White crane, lend me your wings,
I go no farther than Lithang,
And thence, return again.
The Sixth Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso, was born in March 1st ‘1683 in the region of Mon in present-day Arunachal Pradesh to Tashi Tenzin and Tsewang Lhamo. In order to complete the Potala Palace, Desi Sangye Gyatso carried out the wishes of the Fifth Dalai Lama and kept his Read the rest of this entry »