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Dalai Lama
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No other living world leader is perhaps as ready recognized for the valued characteristic traits of compassion and peace as His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Not only the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, he is also the head of state and spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. He was born Lhamo Dhondrub on 6 July 1935, in a small village called Taktser in northeastern Tibet. Born to a peasant family, His Holiness was recognized at the age of two Not only is an extraordinary life as both statesman and spiritual leader, but the Dalai Lama’s remarkable rise to power both mythological and mystical. The story of is discovery is one of awesome significance in that no other world leader has been recognized and trained for their life’s work at such a young age. The story begins with the death of the 13th Dalai Lama. The search began for the reincarnation of the new 14th Dalai Lama. “When a person dies the Tibetans believe that part of the mind that created the personality falls away.” (Tibet) The concept is that one cannot evolve into enlightenment in one brief lifetime. It is necessary to continue the cycle of rebirth into a new body to continue the experiential awakening those daily experiences to the self. A more evolved soul like that of the Dalai Lama would be capable of remembering portion of their previous lives. When the 13th Dalai Lama died it was automatically presumed his next self would incarnate and that the old self would communicate through high-ranking monks a signal or vision. This signal would give clues as to where to find his new incarnation. 1935 the Regent of Tibet went to the sacred lake of Lhamo Lhatso at Chokhorgyal, which is about 90 miles south east of Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. For centuries the Tibetans had observed that visions of the future could be seen in this lake. The Regent had a vision of three Tibetan letters, Ah, Ka, and Ma, followed by a picture of a monastery with roofs of jade green and gold, and a house with turquoise tiles. In 1937 high lamas and dignitaries carrying the secrets of the vision were sent to all parts of Tibet in search of the place that the Regent had seen in the waters. The search party that headed east was under the leadership of Lama Kewtsang Rinpoche of Sera Monastery. When they arrived in Amdo, The secret vision proved to be correct as the right location was discovered exactly as it had been described. Once the house had been located a sophisticated plan to unwittingly test the young child was put into action. The party disguised went to the home of the child Kewtsang Rinpoche was disguised cleverly as the servant. The junior official Lobsang Tsewang used the disguise of the leader. Profoundly and without prompting the young child recognized a rosary that Rinpoche was wearing. This rosary belonged to the 13th Dalai Lama. The child assuming his new role demanded that the rosary be given to him.
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