Dalai Lama was the Buddhist leader who led the government
Dalai Lama
No, the Dalai Lama is just the leader of the Buddhist faith.
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I believe a major Buddhist political and religious leader is the Dali Lama, who was exiled from Tibet some while ago. He still helps his home country out though...they were owned or still owned by china...i can't remember.
The country of Tibet has an autonomous government that reports to China. Tibet is thought to be a part of China but Tibetans say Tibet is an independent country.
though Tibet is currently under the rules and leadership of china, the Tibetan government in exile recognizes his Holiness the dalai lama as their both spiritual and political leader. but it has been said that he will be resigning from his position soon, their fore Tibetan government in exile is currently on search for candidates to fill the position when he does.
Tibet was never a Hindu area. Before it was Buddhist, its people followed the indigenous Bön religion.
Because the potala greatest temple of Buddhist is there.
The Dalai Lama is both a famous person (nobel prize winner, ruler in exile of Tibet) and a Buddhist.
tibet is under a democratic republic.
The main challenge a Buddhist monk may face is being threaten by China because China considers Tibet a part of its country. Also, China doesn't like Tibet's government because in China, there is a communist government.
Throughout the past one hundred years there have been a number of Buddhist monks who have set themselves on fire. What they have in common is that they were all either in Vietnam or Tibet, and they were all protesting oppression by the government of their country of Buddhists, especially of the monks and nuns.