| The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the spiritual | | | | At the age of 2 Tenzin was recognized as the |
| and political leader of the Tibetan people. He was | | | | reincarnation of his predecessor, the 13th Dalai Lama. |
| awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 and has | | | | Thus from an early age the Dalai Lama spent many |
| travelled extensively around the world offering the | | | | years studying Tibetan scriptures and he completed a |
| message of Tibetan Buddhism.The Dalai Lama was | | | | doctorate in Tibetan Buddhist philosophy by the age |
| born in the small Tibetan village of Takster in | | | | of 25.The Dalai Lama means Ocean of Wisdom. |
| Northern Tibet. His original name being Tenzin Gyatso. | | | | |