Dalai Lama Chinese name Traditional Chinese 達賴喇嘛 Simplified Chinese 达赖喇嘛 Transcriptions Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dálài Lǎmā Tibetan name Tibetan ཏ ་ལའ ་བ ་མ་ Transcriptions Wylie taa la'i bla ma The Dalai Lama /ˈdɑːlaɪ ˈlɑːmə/ is a lama of the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" school of Tibetan Buddhism, founded by Tsongkhapa (1357–1419). The 14th and current Dalai Lama is Tenzin Gyatso, recognized since 1950. The Dalai Lama is traditionally thought to be the...
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Dalai Lama Chinese name Traditional Chinese 達賴喇嘛 Simplified Chinese 达赖喇嘛 Transcriptions Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dálài Lǎmā Tibetan name Tibetan ཏ ་ལའ ་བ ་མ་ Transcriptions Wylie taa la'i bla ma The Dalai Lama /ˈdɑːlaɪ ˈlɑːmə/ is a lama of the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" school of Tibetan Buddhism, founded by Tsongkhapa (1357–1419). The 14th and current Dalai Lama is Tenzin Gyatso, recognized since 1950. The Dalai Lama is traditionally thought to be the...