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