The 14th Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual head of Tibet's Lamaistic Buddhists, was born in Tibet in 1935.
The 14th Dalai Lama, also known to Tibetans as Gyalwa Rinpoche, is the current Dalai Lama, Tibet's highest spiritual leader and former head of state. Born on July 6, 1935, in the Wood-Pig Year, 5th month, 5th day, according to the Tibetan calendar. He is a living Bodhisattva, an emanation of Avalokitevara in Sanskrit and Chenrezig in Tibetan.
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