Tenzin gyatso biography of michael
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His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet
THE 14TH DALAI LAMA
Bstan-’dzin-rgya-mtsho (also spelled Tenzin Gyatso) was born as Lhamo Thondup on July 6, 1935, in the village of Taktser, Qinghai province, China.
His parents were peasants of Tibetan birth. He was identified as the 14th Dalai Lama in 1937 and enthroned in 1940. He received an extensive education, and in 1959 he earned a degree equivalent to a doctorate in Buddhist philosophy.
The Dalai Lama assumed his full role as ruler of Tibet on November 17, 1950, at age 15.
A month later he fled the advance of Chinese troops, which had entered Tibet in 1949.
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He returned to Lhasa in 1951 and spent several unsuccessful years attempting to make a peaceful and workable arrangement with China.
In 1959 the Chinese crushed an attempted revolution, killing tens of thousands of Tibetans.
The Dalai Lama fled along with about 100 followers. They eventually settled in the Himalayas, in Dharmsala, India. There the Dalai Lama created