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Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama is a title given by the Tibetan people to the foremost spiritual leader of the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" school of Tibetan Buddhism, the newest and most dominant of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The 14th and current Dalai Lama is Tenzin Gyatso, who lives as a refugee in India. The Dalai Lama is also considered to be the successor in a line of tulkus who are believed[2] to be incarnations of Avalokite?vara,[1] the Bodhisattva of Compassion. Since the time of the 5th Dalai Lama in the 17th century, his personage has always been a symbol of unification of the state of Tibet, where he has represented Buddhist values and traditions. The Dalai Lama was an important figure of the Geluk tradition, which was politically and numerically dominant in Central Tibet, but his religious authority went beyond sectarian boundaries. While he had no formal or institutional role in any of the religious traditions, which were headed by their own high lamas, he was a unifying symbol of the Tibetan state, representing Buddhist values and traditions above any specific school. The traditional function of the Dalai Lama as an ecumenical figure, holding together disparate religious and regional groups, has been taken up by the fourteenth Dalai Lama. He has worked to overcome sectarian and other divisions in the exiled community and has become a symbol of Tibetan nationhood for Tibetans both in Tibet and in exile. From 1642 until 1705 and from 1750 to the 1950s, the Dalai Lamas or their regents headed the Tibetan government (or Ganden Phodrang) in Lhasa which governed all or most of the Tibetan Plateau with varying degrees of autonomy. This Tibetan government enjoyed the patronage and protection of firstly Mongol kings of the Khoshut and Dzungar Khanates (1642?1720) and then of the emperors of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty (1720?1912). In 1913, several Tibetan representatives including Agvan Dorzhiev signed a treaty between Tibet and Mongolia, proclaiming mutual recognition and their independence from China, however the legitimacy of the treaty and declared independence of Tibet was rejected by both the Republic of China and the current People's Republic of China. The Dalai Lamas headed the Tibetan government afterwards despite that, until 1951.
Books Published: 43 Books
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Voice For The Voiceless
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An Open Heart : Practising Compassion In Everyday Life
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Towards The True Kinship Of Faiths
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Heart To Heart
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Science And Philosophy In The Indian Buddhist Classics Volume 3
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Stages Of Meditation
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The Wisdom Of Compassion
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The Little Book Of Encouragement
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Science And Philosophy In The Indian Buddhist Classics Volume 2
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For The Benefit Of All Beings
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From Here To Enlightenment
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My Spiritual Journey
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Widening The Circle Of Love
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The Art Of Happiness In A Troubled World
Howard C. Cutler
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The Art Of Happiness At Work
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The Path To Freedom : Freedom In Exile And Ancient Wisdom, Modern World
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The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living
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Where Buddhism Meets Neuroscience
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Science And Philosophy In The Indian Buddhist Classics Volume 1 : The Physical World
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The Dalai Lama's Book Of Awakening
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