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Holiness the Dalai Lama
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His Holiness the 14th the Dalai
Lama Tenzin Gyatso, is the head of state and spiritual leader of
the Tibetan people. He was born Lhamo Dhondrub on July 6, 1935,
in a small village called Taktser in northeastern Tibet. Born to
a peasant family, His Holiness was recognized at the age of two,
in accordance with Tibetan tradition, as the reincarnation of
his predecessor the 13th Dalai Lama, and thus an incarnation
Avalokitesvara, the Buddha of Compassion.
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