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3 days ago · The film delves into Harrer's transformation as he befriends the young Dalai Lama and becomes deeply influenced by Tibetan culture, spirituality, and the political upheavals of the time. The breathtaking visuals of Tibetan landscapes, monasteries, and the depiction of the Tibetan way of life before the Chinese invasion, provide a poignant glimpse into a pivotal period in Tibet's history.
4 days ago · As the Dalai Lama escaped to India, the Indian subcontinent is also known for its renaissance of Tibetan Buddhism monasteries, including the rebuilding of the three major monasteries of the Gelug tradition.
2 days ago · Dalai Lama, head of the dominant Dge-lugs-pa (Yellow Hat) order of Tibetan Buddhists and, until 1959, both spiritual and temporal ruler of Tibet. (Read the Dalai Lama’s Britannica essay on compassion.) The first of the line was Dge-’dun-grub-pa (1391–1475), founder and abbot of Tashilhunpo monastery (central Tibet).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
5 days ago · NEW YORK - The Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, arrived in New York on June 23 to receive medical treatment for his knees and was greeted by hundreds of cheering and...
1 day ago · Like his parents, Ford is a lifelong Democrat. On September 7, 1995, Ford testified before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee in support of the Dalai Lama and an independent Tibet. In 2007, he narrated the documentary Dalai Lama Renaissance.
4 days ago · Before the mid-twentieth century, Tibet was little known in the West. It was familiar mainly to (1) scholars of Buddhism and the history of religion; (2) the occasional missionary; (3) mystics, spiritualists, and theosophists; and (4) military and political officials from Britain, Russia, who were waging the so-called “Great Game” for Central Asia, and later France and, by World War II ...
5 days ago · The 14th Dalai Lama, who is in the U.S. to undergo knee surgery, should leave instructions to choose his successor, therefore delegitimizing any Beijing-anointed figure.
