Dalai Lama

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The New York Times: In Shift, China Offers to Meet With Dalai Lama Envoys (April 26, 2008)
Official Site: His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet
Namgyal.org: Namgyal Monastery: North American Seat of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Wikipedia: Dalai Lama | Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
Tibet.com: His Holiness The Dalai Lama
NobelPrize.org: Dalai Lama Biography
MSNBC: Ann Curry's full interview with the Dalai Lama (April 12, 2008) (Time 43:31)

Dalai Lama Recent News

Official Site: Dalai Lama News
Google News Search: Dalai Lama News
The Guardian: Beijing to Meet Dalai Lama's Representative (April 25, 2008)
The Associated Press: China Says It's Ready to Meet with Aide to Dalai Lama (April 25, 2008)
Los Angeles Times: Beijing to Meet with Dalai Lama Rep (April 25, 2008)
Telegraph: China Agrees to Meet the Dalai Lama (April 25, 2008)
Christian Science Monitor: Dalai Lama's US visit roils US-China relations (April 15, 2008)
MSNBC: Dalai Lama: 'We are not anti-Chinese' (April 12, 2008)
Associated Press: Dalai Lama Talks Compassion, Not Tibet (April 11, 2008)
The Observer: Inside the court of the Tibetan god-king (March 23, 2008)
Canada.com: Political boycott of Games, Dalai Lama resignation possible... (March 18, 2008)
ABC News (Aus): Dalai Lama against Olympic boycott (March 18, 2008)
Brisbane Times: Dalai Lama raises prospect of quitting (March 18, 2008)
BBC News: Dalai Lama's birthplace blocked (March 18, 2008)
BBC News: Bush pledges Dalai Lama meeting (Oct. 12, 2007)
Reuters: Myanmar's beating of monks "very bad": Dalai Lama (Oct. 16, 2007)

Dalai Lama Articles and Speeches

Rolling Stone: The End of Tibet (February 8, 2007)
WomenNewsNetwork.net: Dalai Lama Speaks to the Issues of Women
Official Site: Dalai Lama Speeches
PublicRadio.org: The Thirteen Previous Dalai Lamas (2001)
engaged-zen.org: Message Supporting The Moratorium on The Death Penalty
MotherJones.com: A Conversation with Robert Thurman (1997)

Dalai Lama Photos

Official Site: Dalai Lama Photos
Dalailama-Archives.com: Pictoral Portrait
Google Images: Dalai Lama Photos
Yahoo! Images: Dalai Lama Photos
Flickr: Dalai Lama Photos

Dalai Lama Videos

Official Site: Dalai Lama Webcasts
YouTube Video: Trouble in Exile—Tibet (Time: 24:53)
YouTube: Dalai Lama Renaissance Documentary
YouTube: His Holiness - The XIV Dalai Lama
YouTube: Compassion in Exile: The Story of the 14th Dalai Lama Trailer
YouTube & Google Video: Dalai Lama Video Search

Dalai Lama Biographies and Blogs

Wikipedia: Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
NobelPrize.org: Dalai Lama Biography
Google Blog Search: Dalai Lama Blogs
Technorati: Dalai Lama Blogs

Dalai Lama Merchandise

Amazon.com: Dalai Lama Merchandise
Barnes&Noble.com: Dalai Lama Merchandise

Dalai Lama Organizations and Affiliations

DalaiLamaCenter.org: Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education
DalaLamaFoundation.org: The Dalai Lama Foundation
FPMT.org: Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition

Dalai Lama Satire and Humor

News Groper: Fake Dalai Lama blog

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Guide Note

Tenzin Gyatso is the 14th Dalai Lama (1935 - present). The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibet. Tibetan Buddhists believe the Dalai Lama to be one of innumerable incarnations of Avalokiteśvara, the bodhisattva of compassion.

Fast Facts

Religious and political leader of Tibet
Lives in exile in India
Leader of movement for Tibetan Independence
Helped the spread of Buddhism in the West
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989
Dalai" means "Ocean" in Mongolian
Dalai Lama is a translation of the Tibetan name "Gyatso"
"Lama" is equivalent to Sanskrit word "guru"
Commonly translated to mean "spiritual teacher"

Retirement Threatens the Dalai Lama

In 2008, as protests in Tibet rocked the region, some said that the Dalai Lama should 'resign' from his position in protest. Since the role of Dalai Lama must be filled by an incarnation of Avalokiteśvara, and only one incarnation can exist at a time, he can only technically leave the position of Dalai Lama by dying. When he dies, Tibetan Buddhists believe an infant somewhere will be born with the soul of Avalokiteśvara and thus become the new Dalai Lama. Nonetheless, the Dalai Lama did threaten to "completely resign" if the Tibetans start an armed rebellion against China.

Meetings With China

On April 25, 2008 the Xinhua News Agency, China's main news outlet, announced that the Chinese government would meet with a representative of the Dalai Lama. Despite this report, a spokesman for the Dalai Lama stated that they have had no recent contact with China and that, at this point, no arrangements for a meeting have been made.

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