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In one sense, the present Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso, shortened from Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso) has been that since his birth on 6 July 1935. However since the present Dalai Lama is the reincarnation of all previous Dalai Lama, he could be said to have been in that position since the First Dalai Lama, Gedun Drupa, who was was born in 1391
The current Dalai Lama is the 14th Dalai Lama.
The Dalai Lama has resided in Dharamsala, India since he fled Tibet in 1959.
If the 6th Dalai Lama was the same with the 5th Dalai Lama, then there is only one who had been reincarnating life-after-life. According to his current Title The 14th Dalai Lama (Mongolian for "Ocean of Wisdom"), then, thirteen Dalai Lamas have ruled Tibet before the current Dalai Lama. Pram Nguyen
The Dalai Lama is the official head of Tibetan Buddhism, and the head of Tibet. Due to Chinese occupation, which began in 1959, the Dalai Lama has been in exile. Tibetan Buddhists believe that the present Dalai Lama is the reincarnation of a Dalai Lama from a past life, who has come back to complete important work.
The 14th Dalai Lama is the current Dalai Lama. He was born in 1935 and he is still alive.
The 14th Dalai Lama is Tenzin Gyatso.
The cast of Dalai Lama Awakening - 2014 includes: The Dalai Lama as himself
The Dalai Lama won't retire. Like being a Bishop, being a Lama is a job for life. At the Dalai Lama's death, a new Dalai Lama will be chosen by the High Lamas of the Gelugpa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.
No, The Dalai Lama has no supernatural powers.
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Tenzin Gyatso is the 14th Dalai Lama.