We, Tibetans, would eventually prevail in regaining freedom for Tibet."Ĭurrently, India is home to around 100,000 Tibetans and the government-in-exile, which has never won recognition from any country. On March 10, 1960, just before moving to Dharamsala, which also serves as the headquarters of the exiled Tibetan establishment, the Dalai Lama said: "For those of us in exile, I said that our priority must be resettlement and the continuity of our cultural traditions. On reaching India after a three-week-long treacherous journey, the Dalai Lama first took up residence for about a year in Mussoorie in Uttarakhand. In 1959, the occupying Chinese troops suppressed the Tibetan national uprising in Lhasa and forced the Dalai Lama and over 80,000 Tibetans into exile in India and neighbouring countries.
I'm in good health and my brain is clear, so I intend to live for at least the next 25 years. Talking to a congregation of Tibetans, who organised the long-life offering ceremony of His Holiness last month, the spiritual leader said, "I'm in my eighties now, but I'm determined that even when I`m in nineties or past one hundred, I will strive to work for Tibet.
T he Buddhist scholar, known for his simplicity and typical jovial style and for whom Mahatma Gandhi is the most influential leader of the 20th century for his idea of non-violence, believes India is the only country with the potential to combine its ancient knowledge with modern education. He also became the first Nobel Laureate to be recognized for his concern for global environmental. He has consistently advocated policies of non-violence, even in the face of extreme aggression. In 1989 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent struggle for the liberation of Tibet. The 14th Dalai Lama and his India connection His Holiness the Dalai Lama is a man of peace. They spoke a Chinese dialect that existed in the western provinces of China. At the age of six, he became a monk.Ĥ) When the Dalai Lama was young, he became close friends with Austrian mountaineer and explorer Heinrich Harrer, whose book 'Seven Years In Tibet' is inspired by this friendship.ĥ) Interestingly, the 14th Dalai Lama's family, despite hailing from Tibet, didn't speak the Tibetan language. The Tibetan government paid the money and then he and his family reached Lhasa. He is known to have a keen interest in science.ģ) According to reports, the 14th Dalai Lama, when he was young, and his family were held by a Chinese warlord for ransom. He founded the Tashi Lhunpo at Shigatse, and he died at the age of 83-84 while meditating.ġ) The 14th Dalai Lama is the longest-reigning and longest-living among all his predecessorsĢ) The Dalai Lama has some interesting hobbies -gardening and repairing old watches, apart from meditation. In 1411, when he was around 20 years, it's believed he took the vows of a bhikṣu (monk) from the abbot of Narthang Monastery. He was reportedly born in a cow shed in the Tsang region of central Tibet and his parents belonged to a nomadic tribe. Gedun Drupa is considered to have been the first Dalai Lama. Your enemy can be your best teacher because he or she teaches the possibility of unconditional compassion. It allows us to appreciate that even someone we think of as an enemy is a human being with a right to be happy. There has also been one non-recognised Dalai Lama, Ngawang Yeshe Gyatso (declared in 1707), by Lha-bzang Khan as the "true" 6th Dalai Lama – however, he was never accepted as such by the majority of the population.Compassion naturally gives rise to tolerance and forgiveness.
There have been 14 recognised incarnations of the Dalai Lama.
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