The Dalai Lama is the head of the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. All Buddhists recognize that the Dalai Lama is an influential Buddhist and teacher.
The Dalai Lama is a high lama in the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" branch of Tibetan Buddhism
The Dalai Lama is a high lama in the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" branch of Tibetan Buddhism
The Dalai Lama is a Buddhist leader of the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" branch of Tibetan Buddhism.
The Dalai Lama is a high lama in the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" branch of Buddhism (which has its home in Tibet).
In he Gelug or "Yellow Hat" branch of Tibetan Buddhism, the Panchen Lama.
The Dalai Lama is a high lama in the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.
He is a Buddhist. Specifically the Dalai Lama is the leader of the Gelug (Yellow Hat) School of Tibetan Buddhism.HH The Dalai Lama is the leader of the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism.
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.
The spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism.
The Dalai Lama.
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 fourteenth Dalai Lama is the reincarnation of the Bodhisattva of Compassion and presently leader of one branch of Tibetan Buddhism. Specifically "The Way of Virtue" (Gelugpa). This Tantaric school of Buddhism is of the Kadampa tradition amd may generally be viewed as Mahayanic. His position is traditionally the head of state of Tibet although he has been both head of state and head of Tibetan Buddhism while the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama is being sought. He has been in exile since 1959 in India due to harsh tensions with China.