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Dat Lat-Ma-Lai (达赖喇嘛) ( ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ་) is the title of a spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism under way school- L in (格鲁派, Gelugpa ) or wood i l à Huang Mao (黄帽派) from c hat sect of gold .

Lat-Ma-Lai Dat is read by Seoul Vietnamese transliteration (达赖喇嘛). "Pass- La i "had their roots in Mongolian means" sea "and" Lama "is Tibetan was translated from Sanskrit word " guru " is from the vocative for the guru. "Dat Lat-Ma-Lai" means "masters with wisdom like the sea." In this way many people use every day use from the living Buddha (Buddha activity) to indicate Dat Lat-Ma-Lai.

Title Dat Lat-Ma-Lai Mongolian King Altan Khan was room for the staff of the school How- L in ( also called sex education Royal) in 1578. Since 1617, Lat-Ma-Lai Dat 5th became the leader of the political and spiritual Tibet. Since then, Tibetans see Dat-Ma-Lai Lama is the embodiment of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara , and Ban- T sage Lat- M a (Panchen Lama) is the main side. Each one Reach-Lai Lama-Lama is the reincarnation of the previous.

Up to now, Tibetan Buddhism has 14 position Dat Lat-Ma-Lai leader -hole must be located as follows:

1, Based European-speeding-three (根敦珠巴, Gendun drub , 1391-1474)

2, Basing-unit-bowl-section (根敦嘉穆错, Gendun Gyatso , 1475-1542)

3, over-the-calm-bowl-section (琐朗嘉穆错, Sonam Gyatso , 1543-1588)

4, Vinh-knit Gia-item-bowl (荣丹嘉穆错, Yonten Gyatso , 1589-1616)

5, La-loading-organ Gia-item-bowl (罗卜藏嘉穆错, Losang Gyatso , 1617-1682)

6, Commercial-Central Location-item-bowl (仓央嘉穆错, Jamyang Gyatso , 1683-1706)

7, How-tang Gia-item-bowl (格桑嘉穆错, Kelsang Gyatso , 1708-1757)

8, Gia Khuong-white-bowl-section (姜白嘉穆错, Jampel Gyatso 0.1758 to 1804)

9, Gia Long-multi-directory-bowl (隆多嘉穆错, Lungtog Gyatso , 1806-1815)

10, Department-proclaimed Gia-item-bowl (楚称嘉穆错, Tsultrim Gyatso , 1816-1837)

11, Revelation European Gia-item-bowl (凯珠嘉穆错, Kedrub Gyatso , 1638-1856)

12, Title-Donate Gia-item-bowl (称勒嘉穆错, Trinle Gyatso , 1856-1875)

13, Turkish-knit Gia-item-bowl (土丹嘉穆错, Tubten Gyatso , 1876-1933)

14, Post-European Gia-item-bowl (登珠嘉穆错, Tenzin Gyatso , 1933-present)

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( 登珠嘉穆错- Tenzin Gyatso )

Origin & predestined

He was born in the village of Taktser, northeastern Tibet on 06.07.1935 (at Pig) in a peasant family. Name before being admitted into the Dat-Lai Lama is the 14th "Lhamo Dhondup." He is recognized as Dat Lat-Ma-Lai 2 years in the Tibetan tradition as the reincarnation of the Reach-Lai The 13th Lama .

According to Tibetan tradition, Dat-Ma-Lai Lama embodies compassion of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, who chose to regenerate back to help save the lives of all beings. Title Dat Lat-Ma-Lai also known as Household Credit , "The defender of the faith" ( Defender of the Faith ), Hui Hai , "Sea of the mind" ( Ocean of Wisdom ), the French king , "King of Dharma "( King of Dharma ), as the European idea , "jewel like mind" ( Wishfulfilling Gem ) ...

Lat-Ma-Lai Dat was ordained titles on 02.22.1940 in Lhasa, capital of Tibet, the official political leaders and religious for the 6 million Tibetans.

The search process Dat Lat-Ma-Lai

When Lat-Ma-Lai Dat 13th died in 1933 , the Tibetan government in crisis in the search for an heir. In 1935 , the regent went to the sacred lake in Chokhorgyal Lhatso Lhamo, about 90 miles from the capital Lhasa. According to Tibetan tradition, people can see things in the future from this sacred lake. At that time the regent saw three Tibetan letters Ah , Ka and Ma -up between the sacred lake of clear water, followed by three letters is the picture of a three-story pagoda with green roof and a house with a strange gutters.

In 1937 , the Tibetan government had sent the pictures from the lake sacred to the holy cities of Tibet to seek the reincarnation of Lama-Ma-Lai Dat. A search mission was established rebirth and head toward northeastern Tibet, the head of mission is Kewtsang Lama Rinpoche, abbot of Sera Monastery. When they got to the village of Amdo, where they saw this scene just as the image under the sacred lake. Lobsang Tsewang disguised as the leaders, and Lama disguised Kewtsang the attendant and they visit a house with a strange gutters. Then Kewtsang Lama has brought a string of beads ( Rosary ) of Dat-Ma-Lai Lama and the 13th in her house boy got out of it and ask to see birds. Kewtsang Lama promised that if his uncle is anyone guess. And the boy replied immediately with a local slang as "Sera Aga", meaning "lamas from Sera monastery." Next, the priest asked the boy who is the leader and the boy answered correctly, and he said the exact name of the attendant. Followed by a series of tests to choose the boy's daily utensils Dat Lat-Ma-Lai 13 and the boy also recognize all and said, "My, my." Dat boy he is Lat-Ma-Lai today.

From the results of this test to help them guess that they have found a new incarnation of their faith and be strong as more significant by the three letters from Tibet have seen the sacred lake: Ah is implications for the province l i MDO, where the boy was born, Ka is only Kumbum Monastery, a large monastery near his home with three floors of the boy and Ma is referring to the prison hospital on Karma Dorje Rolpai mountains of the nearby village. Finally, the delegation decided that the boy be the continuation of the Lat-Ma-Lai Dat 13th.

The process of religious education in Tibet

Dat-Ma-Lai Lama began his academic career at age 6 and completed the highest degree of Tibetan Buddhism, Geshe Lharampa is equivalent to Dr. Buddhist education ( Doctorate of Buddhist Philosophy ) at age 25 in 1959 . In 24 years, he attended the first exam at the University Buddhist Drepung, Sera and Ganden. Final exam was held in the Jokhang, Lhasa during Monlam festival, according to Tibetan calendar in January.

Before that he must learn all the core subjects such as logic ( logic ) and artistic culture of Tibet ( Tibetan Culture & Art ), Sanskrit ( sanskrit ), medicine ( medicine ), Philosophy of Buddhism ( Buddhist philosophy ). Particularly, this subject is the hardest Buddhism, is divided into five parts as Bat-elegant-ba-la-password-multi ( prajnaparamita ), Chinese restaurant ( Madhyamika ), Discipline ( Vinaya ), A-ma-to-reach and amount of learning ( prama N a ). And of course the other side is arguing ( dialetics ), poetry ( poetry ), music ( music ) and drama ( drama ), astronomy ( astrology ), grammar ( meter and phrasing ).

The role and leadership responsibilities

On 17/11/1950 , Dat Lat-Ma-Lai 14 has the responsibility to put on a subrogation is the leader of the Tibetan people ( head of the State and Government ) after some 80,000 troops of the Central China attacked Tibet.

Dalai Lama (rightmost) met Mao Zedong (seated middle) 1954

Panchen Lama, Mao Zedong and the Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama and Mao Zedong

In 1954 , he went to Beijing to negotiate peace with Mao Zedong and other Chinese leaders, including Zhou Enlai and Deng Xiaoping. However, negotiations on this trip did not yield results, and finally he decided to save for Tibet, but to foreign countries.

Escape from Tibet

Efforts to bring about a peaceful solution of Him for the Tibetan people has been hampered by a brutal policy of the authorities in Beijing. At the same time, in eastern Tibet, the people stood up strong resistance against Chinese oppression. This resistance has spread over many provinces of Tibet. On 3/10/1959 , a large demonstration in the history of Tibet in Lhasa calling for Chinese troops to withdraw from Tibet and reasserted that Tibet was an independent country. The peaceful demonstration was broken by a ruthless military frenzy of the mainland. The result of this invasion has killed millions of innocent Tibetans and destroyed 6 million pagodas in the country. To find the way to liberate his sufferings, 80,000 Tibetans along with Lat-Ma-Lai Dat 14 through the Himalayan range to the refugees in northern India in 1959.

Government in exile in Dharamsala, northern India

Today, with more than 120,000 Tibetans to stay in the soil Dharamsala, India, is known as a "small Lhasa" to form a government in exile of Tibet with a Tibetan Elected Council ( Commission of Tibetan People's Deputies ) in 1960 .

In the early years of exile, Dat-Ma-Lai Lama has called on the United States to speak on the issue of Tibet, resulting in three resolutions adopted at the Legislative Council of the United States in 1959, 1961 and 1965 , urged Beijing authorities to respect human rights of Tibetans and their desire for autonomy. With the establishment of a Tibetan government in exile, Dat Lat-Ma-Lai found that the urgent work to do is rescue the refugees and Tibetan culture. The agricultural, economic, cultural, education has gradually been re-operation in India. Tibetan children go to school and a Tibet University was established in India. About 200 Tibetan monastery was built in India to increase our practice, maintain and protect the culture and religion of Tibet.

In 1963 , Dat Lat-Ma-Lai issued a democratic constitution ( Democratic constitution ) is completely based on the precepts of Buddhism and Human Rights Charter of the United Nations to compile and prepare for a model land n Free Tibet Convention in the future.

In 1965 , he attended the Day of Vesak 2500 Buddhist calendar in India, met Indian Prime Minister Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru and Zhou Enlai, negotiations on the issue of Western Tibet.

Today, members of the Tibetan parliament are elected by the people. Council Cabinet are elected by parliament. Dat Lat-Ma-Lai stressed that the government's main task is to care for the Tibetan people's life and he also added, when Tibet regain its independence, he will no longer sit in government offices more.

In 1987 , Dat-Ma-Lai Lama to attend a human rights conference in the capital, Washington , USA. He proposed a Five Point Peace program include:

1, variable Tibet into a zone of peace;

2 Termination of Chinese immigrants is threatening the survival of the Tibetan people;

3 Respect for democratic rights, freedom and human rights of the Tibetan people;

4, recovery and environmental protection of Tibet and ended Tibet use to produce nuclear weapons and give up nuclear waste, and

5, Run the right to negotiate on the future regulation of relations between Tibet and Tibet with China.

On 06/15/1988 , at Strassbourg - France , he recalled Peace Program In point and ask the Beijing authorities to return to Tibet independence. On 9/10/1991 , while speaking at Yale University - United States, he expressed his intention to return to visit Tibet to personally assess the political situation in the place. He said: I truly worried violence because the situation will probably explode. I want to do something to stop the ... My visit will be a new opportunity to increase understanding and create a platform to solve .

A Buddhist monk normal

Although considered an incarnation, Germany Dat Lat-Ma-Lai 14 is often said that: " I'm just an ordinary Buddhist monk, no more, no less " (I am just a simple Buddhist monk - no more , no less). Living in a small net loss in Dharamsala, he woke up at 4am, meditate, and continued work on the schedule of government offices, reception and lecture for the retreat doctrine or prove the celebration.