Dalai Lama Short Biography

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